Vera never meant to kill anyone.

One violent night changes everything when she survives an assault — and her attacker doesn’t. What should have been self-defense becomes a secret she’s desperate to bury… until she realizes she wasn’t alone.

Someone saw.

Silas has spent years hunting monsters, hiding behind ordinary faces. Cold, calculating, and dangerously detached, he believes evil deserves punishment — and he delivers it personally. But the moment he witnesses Vera fight back, fascination turns into obsession.

When he finally steps out of the shadows — masked, mysterious, and impossible to resist — Vera finds herself drawn to the very danger she should run from.

But love was never part of Silas’s design.

As passion and trust collide with secrets neither of them fully understands, Vera must decide whether she can love a man who lives in violence… and whether Silas can learn to be more than the monster he believes himself to be.

Because some love stories aren’t safe.