Elara Voss makes a living tearing down ghost stories. Skeptic to the core, she carries one private wound: her sister vanished without answers. A routine check at the abandoned Blackthorn Manor should be simple. It isn’t. One bad step, one wrong symbol, and she summons Azrael a banished demon prince whose heat blows through every rational wall she’s built.
Gold eyes in the dark. Smoke and sulfur on the air. Mirrors watch her. Dreams turn invasive, charged, waking her with a pulse she can’t explain. Elara fights the heat climbing her spine, fights the pull that feels like corruption. But Azrael’s hunger isn’t only conquest. Exile stripped him raw. Beneath the threat is need sharp, exposed and a claim that sounds uncomfortably mutual.
A vengeful cult moves to keep him barred from return. Time shrinks. Elara stands between circles chalked on cold stone and a choice she never wanted: send the darkness back, or step into a bond that reframes what a monster can be. Touches scorch. Whispers press closer. Predator and lover blur until the line gives way.
What do you choose when desire dismantles disbelief?
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This heart-pounding story is a standalone installment in the Possessed Desires series where every dark entity hungers for more than just a soul.
Where the veil thins, want turns lethal. Possessed Desires dives into forbidden romances where vengeful ghosts, exiled demons, and cursed entities set their sights on human hearts. Each standalone story blends cold dread with heat: footsteps in empty halls, breath on a neck, salt and smoke in the air. Obsession drives the claims. Touches linger too long, leaving marks that burn. Promises whisper of ruin or devotion, sometimes both.
Heroines stand on the edge fear in their throats, desire pulling harder. Infernal bargains tighten. Hauntings creep closer. Minds fray as passion sharpens the danger. These dark paranormal romances live on that narrow line where love tangles with evil, and possession stops being abstract. It gets close. It gets personal.
How much darkness can you want before it wants you back?
