Pearl Wilson spent her life blending into the background—soft-spoken, overlooked, living through her poetry instead of the real world. No parties. No boys. No attention. Until a stranger begins messaging her under the name InkMuse. Someone who sees her. Desires her. Wants her in ways she’s never been wanted before. His words are addictive—slow, sensual, teasing her deeper into fantasies she never dared imagine. And Pearl finds herself craving him, body and soul. But in the real world, another man starts drawing dangerously close. Ethan Johnson. Top of the class. Feared and admired. Cold, unreadable… except when he looks at Pearl like he’s the only one who truly knows her. The way his eyes follow her. The way his voice drops when he’s near. The way her body responds to him—hot, trembling, alive—terrifies her. Two worlds. Two men. One girl trapped in a slow, burning obsession. But Pearl has no idea they are the same man. When she discovers Ethan is the mysterious InkMuse, her world shatters. Desire turns into betrayal. Passion becomes punishment. Love becomes a battlefield of anger, temptation, and stolen nights no one must ever know. And Ethan? He will do anything—anything—to keep her. Even if it means breaking down every wall she built… just to make her fall for him completely.