Once You’re Mine

Description

An unnamed, possessive narrator sees Calista and turns immediate attraction into a private claim over her life. He watches her, follows her movements, and treats every new detail as justification for moving closer, even as his desire increasingly resembles a campaign of control. Pursuing her also requires help from Hayden Bennett, a man the narrator regards as monstrous but cannot avoid. Their proposed transaction develops into a volatile arrangement in which neither party can safely assume the other’s loyalty. Told from within the stalker’s fixation, this dark romance makes obsession its central engine, blurring protection with possession and attraction with threat while building tension around bargains formed between people who regard trust as a dangerous liability.

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