The Beasts Mark. Monsters On The Block, #10

He's the stranger across the hall. I shouldn't want him. I shouldn't crave the way his golden eyes follow me, the way his presence makes the air itself tighten. But every time I hear his footsteps echo in the hallway, my pulse stumbles. Darius isn't just a neighbor. He's a predator cloaked in human skin, a beast who sees me not as prey... but as his queen. I told myself I could ignore it. The heat in his stare.
The hunger in his voice when he finally spoke my name. But when the walls between us crumble, I learn the truth: I was never just a woman to him. I was always his. And when a lion claims his mate, he doesn't let go. Tropes you'll love: grumpy/sunshine neighbor, monster romance, forced proximity, touch-her-and-die alpha, fated mate destiny, primal claiming, beast-and-queen coronation.