His Silent Girl: an Erotic Age Gap Psychological Thriller

She hasn’t spoken in five years.Not since the night fire swallowed her world and left her voice buried beneath ash and screams.Now twenty-two, Mara is released from long-term psychiatric care and placed under the guardianship of Portland’s most renowned trauma psychiatrist—Dr. Cassian Locke. Cold. Distant. Unshakably controlled. Until her silence begins to undo him.In his cliffside estate of glass and shadows, Mara is just another patient on paper. But Cassian watches her like she’s something else entirely—something fragile, dangerous… his.She doesn’t speak, but she touches. She doesn’t ask questions, but she writes truths he isn’t ready to face. And when she binds herself in velvet ropes and offers him control, Cassian crosses the one line he swore he never would.Their bond is intoxicating, forbidden, and rooted in pain they both swore they’d buried. But when state eyes begin to pry and secrets rise from locked drawers and west-wing nurseries, love turns into a weapon. And silence may no longer be enough to keep them safe.He was meant to protect her.She was never meant to stay.But some obsessions don’t need words.Some devotions burn too deep to undo.🖤 Guardian & Ward🌑 Dark Psychological Romance🔥 Consensual Power Exchange💔 Trauma Bonding🗝️ Age Gap👁️ Possessive Hero📓 Mutism & Healing💍 Devotion Without Labels⚠️ Contains steamy scenes, adult language, and dark themes. For readers 18+