Dark Therapy

Natasha Lynn Romance

Some wounds don’t need healing.
Some just need to be handled.
Dr. Aiden Blackwood is the kind of therapist people trust too quickly. Quiet. Patient. Brilliant. A man who knows how to peel a person open with a single question.
But Aiden has a secret.
He doesn’t just listen to suffering—he eliminates its source. When Essence Clark steps into his office, she’s nothing like his other clients. Sharp-tongued. Exhausted. Court-ordered. She doesn’t want help, doesn’t trust easily, and refuses to break where others would have shattered. Aiden should keep his distance. Essence is volatile in ways he shouldn’t admire.
And the more she unravels in front of him, the more he feels something shifting inside his perfectly controlled world. When her anger sparks, he feels it. When someone disrespects her, he’s already moving. And when she calls him in a moment of weakness—
he shows up, even when he shouldn’t. Essence has no idea the shadows around her are changing.
Crooked men vanish. Threats disappear. And the city becomes a safer place…
because he wills it so. A therapist shouldn’t follow his clients. A protector shouldn’t enjoy the hunt. And a man with a hero complex shouldn’t be falling for the one woman who can see his cracks.
This is not healing.
This is Dark Therapy.

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