TRAPPED IN HIS TERRITORY

𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 🌑"He said I crossed into his land.But I think I walked straight into his trap."When nineteen-year-old Bethlehem Watson signs up for her college’s historical tour, all she craves is quiet,a chance to disappear into the background, away from the chaos of family expectations and the ache of not belonging. The destination seems harmless: Halestone, an ancient, forgotten town tucked deep in the mountains.But Halestone is not harmless.It’s not even free.The moment she steps off the bus, Bethlehem realizes the town is alive with rules whispered through the trees, secrets carved into its silence, and eyes that never stop watching. Halestone isn’t a sanctuary,it’s a cage disguised as history. And every cage has a master.Ares Valen.The man who rules the town.The reclusive billionaire in a tailored suit.The predator no one dares to cross.The King of all other kings , s creature that walks the night .He sees her once, and that’s enough.To Ares, she isn’t a tourist, a guest, or a passerby,she’s his. In Halestone, territory means ownership, and Bethlehem just stumbled across the line she can never step back over.He’s colder than the mountain winds, darker than the forest that surrounds the town, and infinitely more dangerous than the shadows that follow her. Yet beneath his cruelty lies a hunger that feels almost… intoxicating. And against her will, Lia feels the pull. The fear that tastes like fire. The obsession that feels like fate.What was supposed to be a short school trip twists into a nightmare she can’t wake from. A deadly romance. A prison of desire. A vampire vow that she will never leave his territory alive,unless it’s as his queen.And in Halestone, queens are crowned in ashes