Aftershock

I’m stalking a man with dark, terrifying secrets, and I still can’t bring myself to fear him. How can I, when he’s the doctor who saved my life? “Not on my watch.” That’s what Dr. Alaric Lockwood said when I told him I didn’t think I was going to make it. He stayed true to his word. I’m alive because of him. I should be grateful and move on like he did. Impossible. Years have passed since that night, and I still can’t get him out of my mind. That’s why I’m back in town. Why I’m not going anywhere. Why I don’t question my fixation on him, even when I catch him doing things he shouldn’t. We’re meant to be. Slowly but surely, he’s starting to see it too, growing as obsessed with me as I am with him. The only problem is, he won’t open up about the dark secret I uncovered while stalking him. If he thinks I need protecting from that side of him, he’s wrong. I’m not fragile. I won’t break. But since he doesn’t know it yet, I’ll have to do something drastic to convince him… And hope it doesn’t backfire on us.

I’m stalking a man with dark, terrifying secrets, and I still can’t bring myself to fear him. How can I, when he’s the doctor who saved my life? “Not on my watch.” That’s what Dr. Alaric Lockwood said when I told him I didn’t think I was going to make it. He stayed true to his word. I’m alive because of him. I should be grateful and move on like he did. Impossible. Years have passed since that night, and I still can’t get him out of my mind. That’s why I’m back in town. Why I’m not going anywhere. Why I don’t question my fixation on him, even when I catch him doing things he shouldn’t. We’re meant to be. Slowly but surely, he’s starting to see it too, growing as obsessed with me as I am with him. The only problem is, he won’t open up about the dark secret I uncovered while stalking him. If he thinks I need protecting from that side of him, he’s wrong. I’m not fragile. I won’t break. But since he doesn’t know it yet, I’ll have to do something drastic to convince him… And hope it doesn’t backfire on us.