Deep in the 1800s wilderness, Blackwood Farm sits isolated from the nearest town, a place locals whisper about but rarely approach. Owned by Elias Blackwood, a quiet and unsettling farmer, the land is known for travelers who vanish after getting lost in the surrounding forest. What no one can confirm is what truly happens behind the locked doors of his home—or beneath it. When a young woman, Y/N, becomes stranded in the storm and stumbles onto the property while running from danger, she believes she has found safety. Instead, she finds Elias: a calm, controlled man whose presence is as unnerving as the storm outside. He allows her to stay, but nothing about the farm feels right. Elias is not just isolated—he is haunted by a voice beneath his farmhouse that whispers commands he cannot ignore. It has shaped his life for years, pushing him toward violence and keeping him tethered to something he cannot fully understand or escape. But with Y/N’s arrival, the voice begins to behave differently, and Elias is forced into a fragile, dangerous balance between obedience, curiosity, and control.
Rutshire, England. 1986. Beneath the glamour of country estates, television studios, and high society galas lies a world of fierce rivalries, forbidden romances, family drama, and dangerous secrets. As powerful figures battle for influence and love, every choice threatens to become tomorrow’s scandal.
Every Sunday, the Porter house fills the same way it always has—laughter spilling from the kitchen, plates clattering, stories rising over the scent of home-cooked food. It is the one constant in a family shaped by love, loss, and memory. YN Porter has always known exactly where she stands in that house. Especially in relation to Elias Rahal—her older brother’s best friend, the man who has been part of her life for as long as she can remember, and the one person who seems determined to keep her at arm’s length. Cold. Distant. Sharp when she’s near. To her, it has always felt like dislike. Personal. Unchanging. But Elias has never been good at letting people see what’s underneath. What looks like indifference is really restraint. What feels like rejection is actually self-preservation. And what he has spent years burying beneath silence is something far more complicated than either of them is prepared to name. When loss reshapes the Porter family, Sunday dinners become more than tradition—they become a lifeline. A place where grief sits quietly at the table beside everyone else. And even as time moves forward, YN and Elias remain locked in the same familiar pattern: proximity without closeness, tension without resolution, silence that says more than words ever could. But families notice more than they admit. Between teasing brothers, watchful parents, and friends who see far too much, the truth begins to surface: nothing between YN and Elias has ever been simple. Not the history. Not the feelings. Not the distance they keep insisting is necessary. And when long-buried emotions finally start to break through, both of them are forced to confront the same question: Was it ever really hate… or just love neither of them knew how to survive?
