Kept

KEPT A Dark Stepbrother Romance >Some people survive what breaks them. >Ashton never expected to be wanted. Not like this. >Laith doesn't love gently. He doesn't offer comfort or safety or anything that resembles mercy. What he offers is control-unyielding, absolute, and impossible to escape. The kind that strips away choice until there's nothing left but obedience. And Ashton takes it. Because what Laith gives him is certainty. In a world that has taken everything from him-his family, his safety, his sense of control-Laith is the only constant that remains. The only thing that feels real. But control comes with a cost. When violence bleeds into every corner of their lives and the past refuses to stay buried, Ashton is forced to confront a truth he's been avoiding from the start: Laith isn't protecting him. He's keeping him. This is not a story about healing. >This is a story about obsession, control, and the thin line between devotion and destruction. Content Warning: This book contains explicit material and dark themes, including violence, kidnapping, coercion, power imbalance, non-consensual and dubious-consent situations, and psychological trauma. Intended for mature readers only.