Seraphina Adrienne Vaelorem was born of sunlight and storm-never meant to bow, never meant to break. When she flees the chains of an unwanted fate, she falls into the arms of Kaedrix Castemire-heir to a dynasty built on power, control, and silence. She is wildfire. He is stone. And yet, in the quiet between heartbeats, something begins to burn. But the past hunts her still, and his world has no room for chaos. "I was never meant to stay," Adrienne whispers, eyes shining with the ache of goodbye. "You were never mine to hold." "Then why does it feel like losing you will tear me apart?" Kaedrix murmurs, voice cracking under the weight of a truth he can't outrun. In a realm where freedom is bought and love is forbidden, they try to let go-but hearts don't always listen. "Let me go, Kaedrix," she pleads. "Before we ruin what's left of each other." "I'd rather ruin everything," he breathes, "than spend a lifetime wondering what it meant to have held you-even if only for a moment." Because sometimes, the ones we're not meant to keep... are the ones we can't bear to lose.