"You should be running away from me," he whispered against my neck, his deep voice wrapping around me like a black velvet. He was right. I should run...far, fast, and without looking back. But I couldn't. Or maybe didn't want to. Fisting his shirt tightly, I rasped out, "I hate you." A shiver ran down my spine as his lips curled into a devilish smirk, "No, you don't." He leaned in, our mouths a breath apart. "You just hate how badly you want me, Little Muse," he drawled, voice like a tempting sin. ----------- Everyone thought she was paranoid, but Iliana Carlos knew the eyes following her everywhere were real. Draped in black, masked and silent, her stalker has trapped her in a deadly game of obsession. But for her, he is nothing more than the gruesome darkness, but the deeper she's pulled into his shadows, the more she craves them. Maddox Velric Thorne spent fifteen years focused on one mission: to find the daughter of his father’s murderer, kill her, and claim his rightful place as Alpha. But those hazel eyes and auburn hair have suddenly become his biggest distraction. What started as a casual infatuation has now turned into his darkest obsession. He knows he can't have her. He knows he shouldn't want her. And yet he can't stay away from her. What will happen when fate binds them in a twisted dance of fear and desire? How far would Maddox chase Iliana, and how deeply is she willing to dive into his darkness?