a_sweet_present
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In a world divided by legacy and bloodlines, Santa, the golden boy of a revered family, is light incarnate-gentle, warm, beloved. Perth, raised in shadows with a lineage etched in cruelty, is everything Santa was warned against: calculating, cold, and untouchable. Their first meeting is not just a clash-it's war. A rivalry forged in family hatred and personal pride.
As the chapters unfold, the two are forced into each other's worlds-one drenched in sunlight, the other cloaked in dusk. Enmity grows cruel, almost obsessive, until Santa tries to escape the toxicity. But once away from the safety of love and family, he learns that light does not protect; it only blinds.
Perth, meanwhile, discovers that the sun he thought he wanted to burn out may be the only warmth he's ever craved. What starts as a mission to destroy the light turns into a reluctant obsession to possess it. But obsession and love are not the same-especially when pain has always been their language.
Together, they navigate betrayal, legacies, power, and a bond that is too jagged to be called love-until it becomes something more dangerous: truth.