Venus always hid herself from everyone at Hogwarts. Until she had to explain to Malfoy what he had seen on the stair case. Until he had started to take an interest to Vee and her miserable life. Until he tried his best to make things better for her. Until they fell completely in-love with each other. In a toxic and unusual way.

Meet Valentina Montenegro, whose inevitable charm helped pave her road to fame. Being one of this decade's most respected lawyers, Valentina's hard work and effort helped her achieve and create a name for herself, allowing her to open her own Law Firm. With her luxuriant, wavy brownish blonde hair and her remarkable plump lips, she managed to turn heads of every passer-by. Meet Anthony Stark, genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. The mere mention of his name had women dropping their panties and had men burning with jealousy. He has the power to walk into a room and hold your attention without even uttering a word or glancing your way. Undoubtedly, she was one of the most enchanting women he had ever encountered. But she saw the pain behind that signature smirk. She saw the hurt in his brown eyes when everyone else paid no mind, and so she helped him. She helped him be the man he is today. Standing by him through everything. She was a shoulder to cry on in times of grief, and a source of guidance if he ever did lose his way. She was the centre of his world. She was everything he ever needed. Only she wasn't his. And he knew that someday.... She would leave like the rest of them. **** "You're my friend and you'll always be in my life, but...she's it." **** "You go without it long enough, and you realise it's everything." **** Contains mature scenes and strong language, read at your own risk.

Emmanuel, Duke of Thornton, is handsome, wealthy, and most of all, unmarried. Nicknamed the Duke of Camellias by his admirers, he seems to have the world in his hand, but harbors a secret nobody knows. Blair Millais, on the other hand, has lost it all. His sister passed away and the short stories he publishes hardly earn enough for him to live on. When Emmanuel Waterhouse invites him over to be the writer of his very own biography with a superfluous salary, it seems too good to be true. Yet soon Blair realizes how society looks upon gay men in Victorian England, and a betrayal which has made Emmanuel unable to love anymore. So when he learns who exactly the Duke of Camellias is, and the reason behind the sadness in his eyes, can he ignore the impending fate that awaits him? TRIGGER WARNINGS: child abuse, assault, rape