Trigger & Content Warnings

This book is a dark romance with heavy themes. Reader discretion is advised.

• Psychological Manipulation & Gaslighting  
• Toxic & Unhealthy Relationship Dynamics
• Murder & Death (On page, mentioned, and aftermath)
• Violence & Torture (On page, but not between MCs)
• Self-Harm (Mentioned and Aftermath)
• Blood Play (On page)
• Past Child Abuse (Mentioned and flashbacks)
• Sexual Content & BDSM Themes (not traditional or safely practiced between MCs)
• Emotional & Psychological Trauma
• Non-Traditional Morality
• Dark Thoughts & Self-Worth Issues
• Control & Ownership Themes
• Trauma bonding used as a means of control
• Isolation, dependency, and forced vulnerability

Expanded list (spoilers ahead, read at your own risk)

Mental Health Themes

Dissociation and PTSD flashbacks (Nate)

Self-harm ideation (Liam cuts himself and the aftermath is shown)

Non-verbal shutdowns and anxiety attacks (Nate)

Suicidal ideation (both referenced and implied)

Therapy scenes involving manipulation and breakdowns

Unhealthy coping mechanisms, including control and obsession

Toxic Relationship Dynamics

Obsession presented as affection or love 

Mutual manipulation, possession, and emotional degradation

Praise used as a weapon of control

Emotional unraveling through forced submission

Soft dominance with dark intentions

Codependency disguised as romance (Liam actively controls and destabilizes Nate)

Parental Abuse

Nate’s mother is emotionally abusive and controlling

Phone calls from her trigger dissociative episodes and spirals

References to childhood neglect and manipulation

Parental Sociopathy

Both Liam and Killian’s fathers are / were violent, manipulative sociopaths

Grooming and psychological conditioning from an early age

References to past abuse and expected violence

Tension (non sexual) and possessiveness between sociopathic half brothers, rooted in shared trauma 

Sexual Content

Sexual Content with Power Imbalance

Sexual scenes involving emotional manipulation

Sexual scenes involving blood play

Consensual Non Consent

Some unsafe sexual practices (consensual)

Dominance/submission with questionable consent

“Touch as control” and forced arousal dynamics

Kissing used to disarm or confuse

Praise kink and soft control that masks psychological pressure

Liam initiating intimacy to further dependence

Violence & Threats

Threats of physical harm used for intimidation and protection

Liam slams Nate against walls or cars to ground him during spirals

Off and on-page murder 

Discussions of past violence, both self-inflicted and inflicted on others 

Obsession & Possessiveness

Intimacy is often rooted in control and claiming, not affection

Liam stalks Nate emotionally, and sometimes physically

Death, Guilt & Moral Decay

Characters have committed or are planning murder

Liam has manipulated others into self-destruction

Killian has killed for fun and survival (implied)

Discussion of emotional numbness and sociopathy

Morally gray to outright villainous main characters

Dark Themes Throughout

“Soft” love used as a weapon

Characters learn to manipulate to survive and connect

No clear morality, only emotional damage, dominance, and survival

Psychological spirals presented in raw and unfiltered detail

Exploration of how broken people seek love through ruin

This is not a traditional romance. Reader discretion is advised.

This book centers on toxic love, psychological games, and emotional destruction masquerading as affection. Consent is frequently blurred, and readers should proceed only if comfortable with dark, obsessive, and morally ambiguous, deeply unhinged dynamics between two broken people who should probably stay away from each other but won’t.