Pepper McKinney was never ordinary. Behind her blank stare and quiet exterior lived a raging monster who would do anything to protect her. Nyx, was the sharp-tongued, vengeful voice that had guided her since childhood. Those who thought they knew called her a hallucination. But Pepper knew better. Nyx wasn’t a threat; she was her shield, her dark twin, the only one who kept her alive when the world tried to break her.
Then came Gunner who brought with him protection, magnetism, and unrelenting obsession. He didn’t run from Pepper’s scars or Nyx’s whispers. He embraced them. And together, they became fire and gasoline, a messy mix of destructive, unstoppable fury.
But obsession has a cost. When enemies from Pepper’s past come to collect their due. Will Gunner stand aside and let Pepper and Nyx face the reckoning that has come for them? Because Gunner wants forever. And Nyx? She wants what she has always wanted, Pepper safe and loved, even if it meant blood on her hands and ruin in her wake.
This is not a love story. It is a survival story of a girl, the voice that refused to let her die, and the man willing to risk everything to claim them both.