Night Hunter The Blood Deception: A Dark Dystopian Romance, Book 1, (Paperback)

<b>ACE</b> <p>I've lived my entire life in the shadows-wearing faces that were never mine, hiding from a world I never belonged to.<br>I didn't come here to stay.<br>I came to find my sister.<br>But somewhere along the way, I lost myself.<br>New name.<br>New face.<br>A stranger staring back at me.<br>I was trained to work alone. To trust no one. To feel nothing.<br>And then he came.<br>Dryston Ryder.<br>Arrogant. Dangerous. Unbearably persistent.<br>He didn't just force me to work with him-<br>he stripped me bare. Peeled away every mask I ever wore... until there was nothing left to hide behind.<br>Now he's trying to turn me into something I don't recognize.<br>Something softer.<br>Something... human.<br>And that's exactly why he's dangerous.<br>Because if I don't kill him soon-<br>I might fall for him instead. </p><p><b>DRYSTON RYDER</b> </p><p>I knew something was off the moment I met her.<br>Not weak. Not careless.<br>Just... wrong in a way that didn't fit the mask she was wearing.<br>She played the part well-too well.<br>A boy with sharp instincts. A fighter who didn't hesitate. A ghost that didn't belong anywhere.<br>But I've spent my life reading people.<br>And she?<br>She was hiding in plain sight.<br>Ace.<br>That's not the name she was born with.<br>Not the face either.<br>But the moment I saw through it-really saw her-everything else became irrelevant.<br>I didn't expose her.<br>I didn't question her.<br>I simply decided.<br>She stays.<br>She thinks I forced her into my world.<br>Truth is, I made space for her in it.<br>For the darkness she carries.<br>For the violence she doesn't apologize for.<br>For the woman she buried so deep, even she forgot she existed.<br>I don't want to fix her.<br>I want to see her.<br>Every version. Every fracture. Every edge she thinks makes her unworthy.<br>Because that's the part of her that fits perfectly with me.<br>She's still trying to run. Still hiding behind names and faces like they'll save her.<br>But I don't chase.<br>I wait.<br>And sooner or later...<br>she'll realize she was never escaping me.<br>Not because I'm trapping her.<br>But because I'm the only place where she doesn't have to pretend<b>.</b></p>

• Night Hunter The Blood Deception: A Dark Dystopian Romance, Book 1, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798263069995
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-04-14
• Page Count: 546