**PROLOGUE; KILLIAN**

I’ve always kept my distance. It’s how I survive in this business—cold, calculated, and alone.

I don’t let anyone close enough to matter. But this partnership?

It’s messing with everything.

It was supposed to be simple—an act. Fake chemistry, all for the cameras, a way to boost our image. But somewhere along the way, those lines started to blur.

Every time she looks at me, ...

Prologue

The day Ariel lost her voice wasn’t the day she stopped screaming.

They dragged her onto the sand like a corpse.

Legs that hadn’t existed an hour ago trembled beneath her. Her throat was raw from the pain of transformation, but no sound came. No gasp. No cry.

No song.

The world blurred—sky too bright, ocean too far, body too wrong. Her skin was sunburnt already. Her knees bled. She w...

**Across The Ocean**

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“What the hell is that smell?”

The thought hit me the second I stepped off the plane.

It wasn’t just one thing—it was a mix.

Sandalwood. Maple syrup. Pine.

All blending into one weird-ass combination that should’ve been overwhelming—but wasn’t.

Instead, it was oddly comforting.

Like the air itself was trying to tell me, you’re not in London anymore.

The hustle...

DARK ROMANCE

MAFIA SERIES

TRIGGER WARNINGS;

Violence

Physical abuse

Murder

Gun violence

Blood

Death

**PROLOGUE; ARABELLA**

They say silence is strength.

That women who keep their mouths shut last longer in this world.

They lied.

Silence doesn’t protect you.

It just makes it easier to be handed over, dressed in silk, and sacrificed without protest.

I didn’t cry at the wedding.

I didn’t cry wh...

**PROLOGUE;**

The day Nathan died, so did I.

The world kept spinning—people still breathed, cars still moved, sirens still screamed across the sky—but I stayed still.

One second. That’s all it took.

One second too late.

One stupid mistake—a hesitation, a choice I can’t undo—and he was gone. The screech of tires still rings in my ears, sharp and metallic, like it carved itself into my memory. My h...