❛We all have one foot in a fairytale and the other in the abyss.❜ ─ Paulo Coelho Rémy lived in the shadows, a ghost among the living―always watching, never seen. But online, he found something real. Someone who made him feel visible. Someone he liked, even if they'd never meet. Until they did. And everything changed. What began as a sweet encounter spiraled into a twisted game of secrets. One by one, truths shattered the illusion. Rémy wasn't falling in love-he was falling into an abyss. And now, he's caught in a web so deep, there's no way out. ─ 2025 LYN. Original Work Only on Wattpad & AO3

❛The greatest passion is often the one we are told to deny.❜ ─ Leo Tolstoy Aleksei Kirov rules with an iron will and a heart of ice. As the feared leader of the Zverin Empire, his name alone commands loyalty―or death. His world is one of absolute control: empires built on blood, silence, and fear. No mistakes. No weakness. No attachments. An unexpected guardianship is thrust upon him―a child no one knew existed, too quiet, too delicate, too innocent, and out of place in Aleksei's brutal world. He should have been a liability. A problem to be solved quietly. Instead, the boy becomes something far more dangerous: a crack in Aleksei's armor. As enemies stir and the foundations of his empire begin to shift, Aleksei faces a threat unlike any he's known―not from the outside, but from within. Because in a world where power is survival, even the smallest crack can bring an empire crashing down. ─ 2025 LYN. Original Work Only on Wattpad & AO3