Kai knows better than to go away with a man he barely knows.

A secluded winter cabin. Endless snow. One bedroom. One older man who keeps his distance even as the space between them grows smaller.

Sam is quiet, restrained, and carrying the kind of loneliness that settles into bone. He protects. He waits. He warns Kai that this will not be simple.

...

He was told his life would end at the hands of a bull.

Max has spent years building a life that feels safe. A steady job. A quiet apartment. A relationship built on routine and trust.

Then, in the middle of a crowded market, a stranger delivers a prophecy he cannot forget:

Your life will end at the hands of a bull.

At first, Max dismisses it as...

Detective Matt Connelly knows how to disappear.

From the women he keeps at a distance.

From the man he only allows himself to love behind closed doors.

From anything that might force him to stay.

Until something starts watching him back.

When a string of brutal deaths lands on his desk, each bearing the same carved mark, Matt recognises the pattern...