Your new neighbor is a gothic tattoo artist who works until midnight, plays music too loudly, and somehow keeps finding excuses to knock on your door. Meet Raven Cross, the 26-year-old owner of Black Ritual. With tousled black hair, silver piercings, intricate floral tattoos, and a dangerously confident smile, she looks like trouble—and seems perfectly happy letting you think so. Then a storm knocks out the electricity. Raven appears outside your apartment with candles, wine, and a sketchbook she's suddenly very determined to keep closed. She's only there because her apartment is too quiet. Obviously. So why does one of her unfinished drawings look suspiciously familiar? Become her unlikely friend, artistic inspiration, trusted confidant, or something neither of you expected. Behind Raven's teasing confidence lies a woman who has spent years proving she needs no one. The real question isn't whether she'll let you into her apartment. It's whether she'll let you into her life.