He's a duke. She's a servant. They've been friends since childhood, but their hearts have always defied the rules. When Anastasia Michaels leaves Yorkshire with a secret that could change everything, Henry Sutton believes he's lost her forever. Years later, she returns-older, bolder, and hiding a truth that could shatter them both. Forbidden love. Passion that cannot be denied. And a past that refuses to stay buried. Can they fight for the love they were never allowed to have? ***Contains mature themes and explicit scenes. Please enjoy responsibly and do not replicate this independent work.***

He was iron and ice - A storm in uniform, Duty etched into every breath, A man sculpted by warzones and wounds no one dared to ask about. She was springtime and stardust - Soft laughter in sunlit halls, Dreams tucked between notebooks and a heart untouched by the world's sharp edges. He saw her - once. And the world, so long silenced by sirens and gunfire, began to hum again. He fell first. Not gently, But like a building set to detonate - Loud. Final. Without warning. He didn't smile. He watched. Didn't speak. He showed up. Didn't confess. He claimed. Her presence became his peace, Her voice, his favorite sin. And she - She was afraid. Not of him, But of how her heart betrayed her each time he looked at her like she was the only truth in a world built on lies. She fell, too - Slower, But deeper. Into the silence between his words, Into the heat behind his fury, Into the broken boy hiding beneath the badge. Their love? It wasn't flowers and confession's. It was clenched jaws and trembling hands, Arguments that ended in whispered apologies, And touches that spoke of longing and ruin. He loved her like a secret he'd kill to protect. She loved him like a prayer she wasn't sure would be answered. And when they fell - They fell like stars crashing to earth: Brilliant. Beautiful. And irreversible.

"𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙"- 𝙅𝙖𝙘𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙨

'' IT WAS TIME TO FACE HER PAST." 𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗔 𝗕𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦, the definition of an independent woman with the personality to match, was ostracised from her home of Hawkins. Graduating, with high honours, she was the first in her family to open her own business after completing college. A fashion boutique. In a short period of time it became successful, Bringing in money and wealth. When the news of her brother's, Will, disappearance brings her back to Hawkins Indiana, a town she grew up and was raised in, there is an unsuspecting sense of change Seeing Jim Hopper, the now chief and head officer of Hawkins police force. A man she has been in love with since the moment she left town five years to the date before her brother vanished. | BEFORE YOU START READING this is your first and final warning. Be advised there will be Age Gap, Course language, Sexual references and Mention of parental abuse. | ( 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 ) Started: 01/04/2024. Finished: N/A. ( @SABRINAZSLVT CREDITED TO COVER )