SEPIA

Hazel D. Hawthorn 13 stories

Summary

[Coming Soon] Lisa believed in love the way only someone untouched by the world can. Soft, devoted, and unquestioning, she saw something in Timothy Hall that felt like certainty, like the kind of man worth sacrificing everything for. Loving him was easy. Trusting him was instinct. And when he slowly introduced her to a world she didn’t recognize, one that asked for more of her with every step, she didn’t resist for long. She adjusted. She gave. She became whatever he needed her to be. Because that’s what love meant to her. But Timothy was never looking for love. Raised in privilege but shaped by something far darker, he had no interest in devotion, only in control. To him, people were limits waiting to be tested, boundaries waiting to be pushed. And Lisa, with her softness and blind faith, became the perfect experiment. How far would she go for him? By the time she begins to understand the truth, it’s already too late. Because what she thought was intimacy was manipulation. What she thought was trust was design. And the world she stepped into for him was never meant to hold her, only to break her. When Timothy is done, he doesn’t stay. He leaves what’s left of her in the hands of someone far worse. His brother. And in that moment, Lisa learns that some men don’t just destroy you… They pass you on.