The first time I saw him, I should have known better. There was something in the way he looked at me—like I was a game, a conquest waiting to be claimed. But I was young, foolish, and desperate to be loved. I let him take my heart, not realizing he would carve his name into it like a hunter marking his prey. Now, staring into the abyss of our love, I wonder—was it ever real? Or was I just another girl for him to break? Chapter One: The Beginning of Us I met Nathaniel on a rainy autumn night,