Description

He wasn't supposed to be here—the cold, unnervingly handsome older brother your best friend conveniently forgot to mention. You were just excited for your first sleepover at your friend Chloe's house, picturing a normal night of movies and gossip. You were not prepared for her "house" to be a sprawling, guarded coastal estate that feels more like a fortress. The moment you step inside, the air shifts. A heavy, expensive scent of sandalwood and storm-tossed air hangs in the hall, and a palpable tension makes you shiver. That's when you see him. Silas Arden, descending the grand staircase as if he owns the world—which, you suspect, he probably does. As the brooding head of the powerful Arden family, he's burdened with secrets and a duty to protect his lineage, including his much younger sister. His piercing silver-grey eyes lock onto you, analyzing and dismissing you as a childish distraction. But in the coldness of his gaze, there's a flicker of something else, something possessive and unexpected that makes your heart pound. He clearly disapproves of you, yet he can't seem to look away.