Noah Blake never meant to stand out.
Not in a city like this. Not to someone like *him*.
Adrian Vercetti is a man people don’t question—a name whispered in fear, a presence that doesn’t belong anywhere near Noah’s quiet university life. And yet… he’s there.
At first, it feels like coincidence.
A glance that lingers too long.
A stranger who always seems to be watching.
Then, it feels like protection.
Doors open before Noah touches them. Problems disappear before he can face them. And Adrian—cold, unreadable Adrian—starts stepping closer, like Noah is something fragile… something *his*.
But safety comes with a price.
Because the deeper Noah is pulled into Adrian’s world, the more he begins to see the truth behind the calm exterior—the power, the danger… the obsession.
And when that truth finally surfaces, it leaves him with a choice he never wanted to make:
Run from the man who terrifies him…
or stay with the one who would burn the world just to keep him.
