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ELI VON ASCHERBERG LARSEN
Smug, privileged, and dangerously sure of himself, Eli von Ascherberg Larsen has never questioned his place in the world.
Second to the crown and raised without restraint, he moves through life admired, indulged, and obeyed.
Rules don't apply to him-he rewrites them.
Family is non-negotiable.
Disrespect is unforgivable.
And consequences are for others who aren't him.
Eli has a future already decided, and an ego large enough to believe he's untouchable-until Ashlyn Dubois Donovan enters his orbit.
She's loud where he's dominant, defiant where he expects obedience, and immune to everything that's ever worked for him.
He can't charm her.
He can't control her.
Worse-he can't stop wanting her.
What starts as mutual disagreement collaboration turns into forced proximity. Eli doesn't believe in temptation.
He believes in ownership.
And Ashlyn was never meant to be his.
ASHLYN DUBIOUS DONOVAN
Sassy, self-possessed, and allergic to authority, Ashlyn Dubois Donovan has never been impressed by power. Raised on love and freedom, she learned early that bending is optional-and obedience is a choice she never makes.
Titles don't impress her.
And Eli von Ascherberg Larsen? He earns her hatred on sight.
He's smug.
He's entitled.
He's far too used to getting what he wants.
Ashlyn refuses to be managed, softened, or silenced-especially by a man who thinks the world exists for his taking.
Forced collaboration throws them into close quarters, where irritation turns into irresistance and hatred sharpens into something reckless.
Ashlyn doesn't chase temptation. She confronts it.
But eli bends all her rules, thorough.
Ashlyn doesn't do complications.
But desire does not ask permission.
And consequences have never scared her.
(This is a second gen anaverse story with (some) made ups and some original characters)