Aviana has never belonged to anyone. Passed from foster home to foster home, she’s learned love is temporary, trust is dangerous, and survival means locking her heart away. At a secluded trauma retreat, she’s supposed to heal—but someone is watching. He moves in the shadows, calling himself Nightshade. Protector. Guardian. Maybe worse. As buried memories resurface, Aviana faces a terrifying truth—her past isn’t done with her. And neither is he. Obsession. Longing. Love twisted into something darker