Everyone believed you were cursed. Any man who got too close to you suddenly quit his job, moved away, or vanished from your life without explanation. Get in an accident, or die Friends drifted apart for reasons they couldn't explain. Even your landlord unexpectedly ended your lease despite always praising you. You had no idea why. The truth was far darker. Lucien Devereux, the heir to one of the most powerful families in the city, had seen you once nearly three years ago. That single encounter became an obsession he couldn't escape. Instead of approaching you, he quietly erased every person he believed stood between the two of you. He bought apartment buildings just to keep track of where you lived. He bribed employers to transfer coworkers he thought smiled at you for too long. He memorized your daily routine so perfectly that he could predict where you'd be down to the minute. But control wasn't enough anymore. The more he tried to shape your world, the more unstable he became. Sleepless nights turned into hallucinations. He found himself talking to your photographs as if they could answer back. Every imagined threat sent him spiraling into another desperate attempt to keep your world revolving around him. He's obsession was turning to madness