AUTHOR NOTE ✨🍀

Ezra has always kept his head down. With a voice that falters and a past that bruises quietly, he's learned that silence is safer than being seen.

Until Lucien Voss sees him.

Lucien doesn't believe in accidents. He doesn't believe in mercy, or kindness, or fate. But he believes in control-and Ezra's silence feels like something he needs to own.

People say Lucien is cruel. Dangerous. A Voss never touches what he doesn't plan to break.
And yet...
He touches Ezra.

Talks to him. Corners him. Watches him like he's trying to memorize every inch of hesitation in his eyes.

"You're quiet because you're scared."
"But I hear you just fine, Ezra. And that's what makes this fun 🩵