Author's Note
This story was never meant to be soft.
It was meant to bleed.
It was meant to question what love looks like when it’s twisted through pain, obsession, and power.
When two people are mirrors and monsters to each other.
When trauma isn’t the end of something
but the beginning of who they become.
This book is for the girls who are tired of shrinking.
The ones who are too soft, love too hard, rage too deeply, and refuse to be nice just to survive.
It’s also for the readers who know that villains can love harder than heroes
and that sometimes, the darkest love stories are the ones that burn the brightest.
Thank you for stepping into this madness with me.
Now tell me…
Would you still love them,
after everything they’ve done?
Because I do.
And I always will.
Because...
Beneath the velvet... only sin remains
— [Sylvia Knightfall]
