writewithkate
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She was five years old when she vanished.
Taken by two men Hugo and Rhys her childhood ended behind locked doors and borrowed names. For a year, fear was her language and silence her survival. When she was found at six, the world called it a miracle. Her older brother called it a promise one he would spend the rest of his life keeping.
With a mother who died giving birth to her and a father who walked away, her brother became everything: guardian, shield, and constant shadow.
He learned how to protect because he had already failed once and he swore he never would again. Growing up meant living inside his watchful gaze, safe but never truly free.
College is supposed to be her escape. A fresh start where no one knows her past. Where she can finally breathe without being watched.
Then she sees them.
Older. Changed. Unmistakable.
Hugo and Rhys the men who stole her childhood have found her again.
Hatred comes first. Fear follows close behind. She tells herself they are monsters, that nothing good could ever come from the ghosts who ruined her life. But the past is never as simple as memory makes it, and time has a way of twisting truth into something dangerous.
As secrets unravel and lines blur, she's forced to confront the most terrifying realization of all the men she should despise are the ones who know her best. And somewhere between anger and understanding, survival and desire, her heart begins to betray her.
This is a dark romance about trauma, protection, obsession, and the impossible pull of the past where love is complicated, loyalty is tested, and freedom comes at a devastating cost.
Started: Dec 14th 2025
Ended: TBD