The man behind my nightmare

For five years, Elena Vale has been haunted by the same nightmare.

Every night, she finds herself standing inside a dark mansion she has never seen before. The halls are endless, the doors are locked, and somewhere in the shadows, a mysterious man watches her.

She never sees his entire face.

Only his eyes.

Cold. Dark. Possessive.

And his voice whispering the same terrifying words:

“You will always belong to me.”

Elena has always believed it was nothing more than a nightmare—a strange memory created by the trauma of her forgotten past.

Until the night she meets Adrian Blackwood.

Powerful. Wealthy. Ruthless. Mysterious.

Adrian is the kind of man people fear without knowing why. His presence commands attention, his reputation is surrounded by rumors, and his calm expression hides a darkness no one dares to question.

But the moment Elena looks into his eyes, her blood runs cold.

She knows them.

They are the same eyes from her nightmares.

Before she can escape, Adrian says her name.

Not because she introduced herself.

Because he already knows her.

He knows where she lives. He knows where she works. He knows the things she fears and the secrets she has never told anyone.

And somehow, he knows about her nightmares.

Elena wants nothing to do with him.

But Adrian refuses to stay away.

Everywhere she goes, he seems to be there. Whenever she feels threatened, he appears before she can ask for help. When someone begins following her, Adrian is already watching from the shadows.

He insists that he is protecting her.

Elena doesn't believe him.

Protection shouldn't feel like surveillance.

Protection shouldn't feel like a cage.

And it certainly shouldn't come from a man who looks at her as if she belongs to him.

Then the anonymous messages begin.

“YOU DON'T KNOW WHO HE REALLY IS.”

“ASK HIM WHAT HAPPENED FIVE YEARS AGO.”

“ASK HIM WHY HE WAS WATCHING YOU.”

And finally

“ASK HIM WHY YOU DREAM ABOUT HIM.”

Elena's entire world begins to unravel.

The nightmare isn't random.

Her forgotten past isn't an accident.

And Adrian Blackwood isn't a stranger.

Five years ago, something happened that changed both of their lives forever.

Something Elena can't remember.

Something Adrian has never forgotten.

As Elena searches for the truth, she discovers a terrifying connection between her family, an old mansion, a mysterious fire, and the man who has been secretly protecting her for years.

But the closer she gets to the truth, the more Adrian's obsession grows.

He doesn't want to simply protect Elena.

He wants her close.

He wants her trust.

He wants her heart.

And he refuses to watch another person take her away from him.

For Elena, Adrian is everything she should run from.

For Adrian, Elena is the one person he can never lose.

Their attraction becomes impossible to ignore, but so does the darkness surrounding them.

Every secret brings them closer.

Every lie pushes them apart.

Every stolen moment makes Elena question whether the man she fears might be the same man she is slowly falling for.

Then another man enters Elena's life, and Adrian's carefully controlled jealousy begins to surface.

“You don't own me,” Elena tells him.

Adrian's expression remains calm.

“I know.”

He steps closer.

“But I'm asking you to choose me.”

“And if I don't?”

His eyes darken.

“Then I'll spend the rest of my life proving why you should have.”

Elena knows she should leave.

She knows Adrian is dangerous.

But when the people hunting her finally reveal themselves, she discovers that Adrian may be the only person standing between her and death.

Now she must choose.

Trust the man who has become her greatest fear…

Or trust the people who claim they are trying to save her from him.

Because the truth about Adrian is far darker than she ever imagined.

He wasn't always her nightmare.

Once, he was the person who saved her.

And she was the reason he lost everything.

Now he has spent years searching for her, protecting her from a distance, waiting for the moment she would remember him.

But Adrian's love has changed.

It has become obsession.

And his obsession has only one rule:

He will never let her disappear again.

Not to her enemies.

Not to her past.

Not even to herself.

But Elena still doesn't know the greatest secret of all.

The man behind her nightmare isn't the only person watching her.

Someone else knows what happened five years ago.

Someone else knows why Elena lost her memories.

And someone else has been waiting for the perfect moment to destroy them both.

As the past finally catches up with them, Elena will discover that some nightmares are not meant to frighten you.

They are meant to warn you.

And sometimes, the person you are most afraid of…

is the only person who can save you.