ZOO AFTER DARKTo the hundreds of thousands of families who pass through the brass turnstiles of the HutchiRidge Zoological Reserve every year, it is an emerald paradise—a world-class sanctuary of botanical marvels, steel-reinforced habitats, and rare wildlife.
To Rebekah Muller, it was supposed to be her night off.
Called in at the eleventh hour to cover a mandatory two-hour closing shift, the twenty-four-year-old wildlife biologist expected nothing more than an evening of checking animal welfare logs, trading dry banter with the zoo’s brooding chief veterinarian, and making terrible dad jokes to kill the silence.
She didn't expect the power grid to crash. She didn't expect the master hydraulic gates to slam shut, sealing eight staff members inside five hundred acres of pitch-black exhibits and subterranean service tunnels.
And she certainly didn't expect the apex predator hunting them from the shadows.
Bassel "Bass" O'Leary has spent two years hiding his ruthless, consuming obsession with Bekah behind the icy wall of professional detachment. At twenty-seven, the stoic veterinarian knows every pulse point, every bone structure, and every lethal dosage in the medical hospital. When an unidentified killer begins executing their coworkers one by one in gruesome, themed displays of biological butchery, Bass’s discipline snaps.
He will tear the zoo apart with his bare hands to keep Bekah breathing.
Trapped in a locked slaughterhouse where the humans are now the endangered species, Bekah and Bass must navigate the blood-drenched corridors, face a killer executing an unhinged ecological judgment, and survive the terrifying heat of a passion that refuses to stay caged.
Because in the dark, the zoo has only one rule: kill, or be culled.
Genre: Romance
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