I was invisible by design.
Just an accountant. A background character. Safe.
Until Briar Harrington noticed me.
He’s power in a tailored suit— a man who doesn’t ask, only decides. A predator who calls control protection and makes obedience feel like survival.
I was invited to a lavish Valentine’s ball as a test. I stayed because leaving meant erasure.
He offers me one choice: submit and be kept, or resist and be destroyed.
And the most dangerous truth of all?
I don’t want to escape. I want to belong.
