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Short Story*
Maeve Jones left her hometown in ashes-her reputation scorched by whispers, her heart blackened by a betrayal she never dared speak aloud. For years, she carved out her own unapologetic path, far from the pulpit of her father's church and the judgment in her mother's eyes.
But when her fire-and-brimstone father dies suddenly, Maeve is summoned back by a desperate plea from her mother, Athena, who wants to heal old wounds before it's too late. Home is exactly as Maeve remembers it-tight-lipped, Bible-thumping, and humming with secrets too loud to name.
Then there's her.
Kamala Harris-Jones. Maeve's sister-in-law. The polished, poised wife of Maeve's brother Amias. The woman with a smile that feels like a dare and eyes that linger a second too long.
Kamala is everything Maeve should stay away from. Married. Straight. Untouchable.
But sin has always tasted sweeter when it's wrapped in silk and sanctimony.
As the line between redemption and desire blurs, Maeve finds herself teetering on the edge of salvation and self-destruction. And when truths begin to rise from the ashes, no one will leave this town unburned.