In a remote Scottish cottage, a dangerous operative keeps the woman he's been watching for weeks—and dares her to see how long she can resist. DOREN I was supposed to watch her. Protect her from a distance. Instead, I took her. Now she's mine—locked away where no one can find us, where I can study every reaction, every shiver, every moment her resistance cracks. I won't force her surrender. I'll wait until she begs for it. LILLET He kidnapped me. Locked me away in a cottage at the edge of nowhere with no hope of rescue. I should hate him—I do hate him. But he's patient where he should be cruel, gentle when I expect violence. And the way he watches me makes me wonder what would happen if I stopped fighting.