In A Bubble

The god-forsaken Ilion was buried in shadows of obscurity.

The old university still hinged on the money coughed up by the well-off families of the students who came and went to study there. I used to be one of them. Zoe Torn, a philosophy major on the verge of dropping out.

Then one day they showed up.

No demands. No negotiations. They killed for kicks.

I escaped, hiding in the woods. But they came after me. And when there was nowhere left to run, I faced the darkness. I faced the man in a black cloak with eyes of obsidian. I knew this was the end for me.

But the reaper... saved me.

Was this really an escape?

Saviors don't keep you in a cage. They don't threaten you. They don't take your future away from you. They don't break your spirit.

I am no longer living, merely surviving.

I have to escape. I have to save my family.

Even if my body is no longer mine.

My soul is mine alone. Right?

Tropes: • Slow burn • Enemies to lovers • Kidnapping • Age gap • Opposites • Mafia • Forced proximity