Catalyna Jade is an old-money princess desperate for freedom from her family's control. As the youngest sibling, she's been told what to do and how to do it her entire life. But when a promise made years ago forces her into an arranged marriage with the cold-hearted killer, Braxton Kanu, her life takes a dangerous turn she never saw coming.

Years after being betrayed by her best friend and the boy she loved, she returns with a cold heart and a calculated plan: to dismantle their "happily ever after" by becoming the one thing he can't resist.

no one loves you more than me... and no one ever will.

She was never meant to fall in love. Lovely is older than kingdoms, sharper than prophecy, and bound to the sacred laws of the Cupid Realm. Love is her weapon - not her weakness. She weaves threads of fate, binds souls together, and never, ever gets tangled in her own work. Until him. Kaelon is not human. He is something older. Darker. Controlled. A tattoo artist by day... a four-thousand-year-old incubus spellcaster by blood. He doesn't abuse his power. He doesn't lose control. And he definitely doesn't believe in destiny. But the night he inks a simple heart on her wrist, he begins to see a thread. A thread that wasn't meant to exist. As secrets unravel, realms awaken, and elders begin to panic, Lovely and Kaelon discover their bond is not an accident - it's ancient. Forbidden. Sovereign. When their love seals, the heavens shift.

"I told you about looking down when you being talked to mama." Kaiser spoke more softly than before. In the small time he been around Serenity, he noticed how shy she was. She was so avoidant but alluring. He was interested in her. Seeing how well she was with the kids was just a plus. "Why?" She sighed in frustration before signing. She knew if she started talking she would make a fool of herself. "Why what?" He signed back. "Why do you care? You don't know me." "Not everyone has it out for you. I just wanna know you," Kaiser frowned. He didn't understand why she was so isolated but he wanted to know. She was worth knowing.

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Solani keeps her worlds separate. In real life she's a hairstylist, the glue of her household, and the best friend Caiden has leaned on for four years. Online she's Nova - no face, no real name, no connection to anyone who actually knows her. It's worked perfectly. Until Caiden starts talking about Nova's page like Solani isn't the one running it. Caiden is on the verge of everything he's been working toward. Upcoming rapper, buzz building, industry doors opening - and a type he's never been quiet about. He's been subscribed to Nova for six months. Has no idea the girl on his screen is the same one beside him every day. When his "best friend" Jade - the same girl who introduced them years ago - blows Solani's cover in the worst way possible, four years of carefully kept secrets crack straight down the middle. Now there's Ty'lil, Caiden's own associate, paying Solani the kind of attention Caiden never let himself give. There's an ex sliding back in at exactly the wrong time. Side chicks going public. A whole circle of people with agendas. And a secret about Jade that nobody saw coming. Two proud, emotionally unavailable people. Four years of almost. One secret that changed everything. They said they were only friends. They lied.

Eryn wasn't a troubled girl. At least, that's what they used to say. But trouble had a way of finding her, slipping through cracks, settling into the quiet parts of her life like it belonged there. Being a Chicago native taught her that early. Taught her how to listen for footsteps that weren't hers. How to read silence like it was a warning. Some nights, the city didn't sleep. It watched. And lately... it had been watching her. Her parents noticed the shift before she did, the way her name started sounding too familiar in the mouths of the wrong people. The way she moved a little faster, spoke a little less. Just like her brother. So they sent her away. To Baton Rouge, to her grandmother Sylvie. Said it was for a fresh start. A second chance. Like distance alone could rewrite a story already in motion. But Baton Rouge wasn't as different as they made it sound. The heat felt heavier. The air thicker. And the trouble? It still knew her name.

She's dealing with grief. He's dealing with life. Sometimes these nights are good. Sometimes these nights are bad. Night like this don't last long just like the distractions

❝ 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙞𝙛 𝙞 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 ❞ 𝘐𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳