A Crown of Secrets and Fire

maryrose_author 11 stories

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Summary

“Still fighting, Gena,” he murmured, low and devastating, as though he were speaking not to the crowd but only to me. His voice was a sin wrapped in velvet, dark and steady, cutting through the chaos of my pulse. “Still all flames. But you’d do well to calm that fire… at least until I decide where to aim it.” I grew up safe, protected, adored, certain of the life that awaited me. A grand estate, a devoted father… a wedding to the perfect man. But the altar crumbled beneath me, my world ripped apart in a heartbeat. The silk turned to ruin, vows to ash, and in one heartbeat, everything I knew was gone. I find myself trapped in a fortress in the mountains, under the gaze of a man whose heart did not hesitate to shatter mine years ago…. Whose hands promise protection… and claim. He doesn’t ask for my trust, he takes it, drags me into a world of lies, bold betrayals, and secrets I wasn’t prepared to see. And the truth? I can’t tell if he’s my salvation… or the most delicious kind of trap I’ve ever known. I am Genevieve. My life was safe, my choices clear. But now, nothing is as it seems. And the man in the shadows… he is the storm I can’t outrun. By