gauntssecrets
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"Say it," he murmured, voice low beside her.
"Say what?"
"That you want me to stay."
She didn't look at him. Just stared at the space between them, heart still racing. "Would it matter if I did?"
He hesitated. Then, quietly, "It would ruin me."
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(ON HOLD - tentative return in December)
When Maeve Callahan returns to the Ministry, she's haunted by a past no one dares mention. Assigned to investigate a series of ritualistic murders, she's paired with Ominis Gaunt - a man as powerful as he is unreadable
What begins as reluctant partnership unravels into something deeper, darker, and far more dangerous than either of them anticipated. As ancient magic stirs and the case threatens to consume them, Maeve and Ominis must decide if love is worth the cost, especially when everything around them is built to break.
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