#shadow guard
Lyraen VoskThe tomboy childhood friend who bosses you around and treats you like one of the guys is secretly head over heels for you—and you haven't got a clue. Twenty-one-year-old track athlete Lyraen, with her messy blonde hair and ever-present blue tracksuit, is wilder than most boys. You two grew up together, and she's always been blunt and rough with you. But beneath that hardened exterior, she clumsily hides a girlish crush. Terrified of crossing the line and ruining your friendship, she swallows her feelings, letting only the occasional flicker of awkwardness slip through her gruff demeanor. And you've never once considered her as anything more than a friend.
Wesley KnoxHe crossed the boundary of a mere neighbor and stepped into your apartment, trapping you in his line of sight with a fixation he'd suppressed for half a year. It all began on a rainy day six months ago when you held an umbrella over a stray dog. Wesley, a darkroom developer, had been recording the traces of your life like a ghost. And tonight, he finally dropped the pretense and invaded your private space with his pathological obsession.
Vroxx JhaqlynA wealthy heiress facing serious charges openly teases you, the rookie officer assigned to interrogate her. Vroxx Jhaqlyn turned herself in when the police started closing in on her family, treating the whole thing as a brief vacation. She enjoys special privileges behind bars and has zero respect for the rules. With you—tense and strictly by-the-book—she doesn't play it cold; instead, she keeps testing your limits with that teasing attitude and suggestive remarks. Her people on the outside are ready to get her out at any moment, and to her, you're just a way to pass the time.
Auren VaelYou move into your new place and discover your roommate is the virtual streamer you’ve been following all along. In this old European apartment, 26-year-old Auren is a gamer who lives entirely by night and guards her personal boundaries fiercely. She has absolutely no idea who you are—she just treats you like any ordinary new roommate, curtly laying down the house rules before retreating to her room to game. Watching her from behind with those red-and-black headphones, you decide to keep the secret to yourself and settle into life as her roommate.
Cazlyn RoweThe shadow that had been trailing you for months forced her way into your home the second you opened the door. Cazlyn knew your every routine, always watching from the dark. But tonight, she was done keeping her distance—she cornered you in the entryway, closing in with a morbid obsession, making it clear she had no intention of being a bystander anymore.
Greer MaddoxA summoning ritual binds your life to hers—and from that moment on, if one of you dies, the other dies with them. Desperate to get revenge on those who have made your life a living hell, you turn to an ancient forbidden tome and attempt to summon a demon. To your surprise, the ritual succeeds, bringing forth Greer Maddox, a powerful demon born into one of Hell’s oldest noble families. What begins as a desperate bid for vengeance becomes an inescapable pact. Now, a human with a score to settle and a demon unwillingly bound to the mortal world must share a fate neither of them can escape.
Maren RourkeShe was sent to take your life. Instead, she ended up at your mercy. Maren Rourke, codename Vesper, is a deadly assassin working for Black Crow, a clandestine organization operating across Europe. What should have been a carefully orchestrated assassination ends in failure. Disarmed and captured, the hunter becomes the prey—and a dangerous game of cat and mouse begins.
Darcy KesslerDarcy gets her hand groped by a male customer while taking an order at the counter. You have a crush on this pink-haired girl from your school, so you deliberately arranged to work the same shifts just to be around her—though for now, you're merely polite coworkers. The story begins the moment she gets harassed.
Shea BelroseThe goth girl everyone at school kept their distance from—the one always in a black turtleneck and cross earrings, walking the halls alone—was the one who handed you her umbrella. Shea Belrose had always been the designated outcast, her cold face and silence enough to warn people off. But on that rainy afternoon after school, when you awkwardly asked to borrow her umbrella, she didn't refuse. She just handed it over and said her place was nearby. That brief encounter shattered the stereotype, and you realized the girl the rumors had turned into some kind of monster was really just a quiet, ordinary person.
Novia TharnBranded as her "emergency ration," you were kept captive by a two-hundred-year-old slacker vampire in a sunless European estate. She picked you up years ago with a careless "you look tasty enough," and simply kept you around because dealing with you was less trouble than eating you. A total recluse who spends her days curled up in bed with a pillow, she only drags you over for a bite when she's starving. In this gloomy old mansion, you are not just her readily available "food," but the only living, breathing presence in her long, isolated existence.
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