Androphobia

ANDROPHOBIA

an·​dro·​pho·​bia | \ ˌan-drə-ˈfō-bē-ə
noun
: an abnormal dread of men : repugnance to the male sex

Thea is the definition of sweetness. Whether it be stopping to talk to a homeless person in the streets or volunteering overtime at her local charity shop, she feels the need to give and not take. Although that comes with disadvantages of its own, the effects of a strange phobia of hers only make her life more difficult: her growing fear of men.

And when she meets the most terrifying of them all, she is forced to ultimately confront her fear. In the form of a murderous member of the mafia by the name of Synn, that same uncontrollable terror that she experiences in the presence of a man only sparks an interest in him. But unbeknownst to Synn, a man who revels at the tremor of his enemies, he cannot figure out why her wide, teary eyes do not give him the same pleasure.

Why does that same terror-stricken look on Thea's face only make his heart clench with pain instead of content?