His eyes burned with a fire that felt ancient, untouchable. “You’re addicted to me,” he murmured, his voice a deadly whisper. “And I’m addicted to breaking you. I’m the devil in your hell, and you... you’re the angel in my chaos. But in your gaze, I see the beginning of my end.”
Fury coursed through me, mixing with a raw, undeniable fear. “I will destroy you!” I screamed, my voice crashing against the walls, each word a vow of vengeance.
A twisted smile curved his lips, dark and dangerous. “Before you burn me to the ground,” he breathed, his warmth sending shivers down my spine, “let me show you just how deeply pleasure and pain can intertwine.”
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Brinda Virginia’s life has been a fight for survival. Abandoned by her biological parents because of a deadly heart condition, she was raised by the woman who became her everything — her stepmother.
But when her stepmother is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Brinda’s world spirals into chaos.
With only seventy-two hours to save the woman she loves, Brinda is desperate — and then he reappears. A threatening man from her past, offering a twisted bargain she can’t afford to refuse.
To save her stepmother, she must surrender.
But what price will she pay for the power to save a life? Will she rise from the ashes, or will she fall into his hands, trapped in a game of power, revenge... and dangerous desire?