This story is not about love. It is about obsession. About control. About the kind of connection that doesn’t ask for permission… and doesn’t accept rejection. Adrian Voss was never normal. Locked away in a perfect mansion, raised in silence, taught to observe but never to feel—until the night he met her. Elara Moreau. A girl who didn’t cry. A girl who didn’t forget. A girl who never let go. They were children when they first crossed the line. They didn’t understand what they had done. But some things, once started— never stop. “When We Were Monsters” is a dark, psychological story about possession, dependency, and the kind of love that destroys before it heals. Because some monsters are not born. They are made— together.

This story is not about love. It is about obsession. About control. About the kind of connection that destroys people slowly from the inside. Seraphina Vale Vespera returns to the Blackthorn Estate after years abroad, expecting luxury, freedom, and the powerful family that once belonged to her. Instead, she finds Kael Vespera—the cold, dangerous man now ruling the Vespera empire from the shadows. Feared by politicians and criminals alike, Kael is everything Seraphina hates: controlling, emotionless, and impossible to escape. But beneath his calm exterior hides a terrifying obsession capable of burning entire kingdoms to the ground. As buried family secrets begin to surface, Seraphina discovers the horrifying truth behind her parents’ deaths, while Kael uncovers the secret of his own birth. In a world ruled by blood, power, betrayal, and forbidden desire, loving each other may become the deadliest sin of all.