Highheat cerita

ＳＩＮＳ ＯＦ ＡＣＥ 𝓗𝓮 𝓹𝓵𝓪𝔂𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓵𝓮𝓮𝓭, 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓲𝓷. On the night Vinicio De la Garza is set to propose to Josefina San Antonio--the daughter of a rival whose hand would seal power, territory, and loyalty between Miami's two most ruthless crime dynasties--nothing goes as planned. For nine years, Benita Guzmán has been the invisible housekeeper who keeps the De la Garza mansion spotless, scrubbing away the blood and dust left behind by their business. A quiet fixture. A ghost in plain sight. But tonight, she sees something she shouldn't, and it's Vinicio slipping out of the security room moments before chaos erupts, moments before his father begins drilling the truth about his fiancée's dead bodyguard out of everyone. When Don demands answers about tampered CCTV footage, Benita should say what she saw, yet for reasons that elude Vinicio, she pushes forward and takes the blame, exposing herself to humiliation and punishment to cover up for him. For the first time since she walked into the mansion, Vinicio really sees her, not as the quiet shadow that cleans up his world, but as a woman brave enough to lie to Don. And even stupid enough to bleed for him when it came to that. Maybe it's madness to feel something new for someone else on the night he's supposed to seal the business contract he calls a marriage. But timing has never stopped Vinicio, and neither have rules. As weeks bleed into months, the ring on his finger starts to feel like a shackle, the empire he's meant to protect tightening like a cage. And because some poorly-treated housekeeper isn't supposed to matter to him, yet somehow, she's the only thing he can't get his hands off. Unfortunately, his desire for her is more fatal than forbidden. And every heartbeat in her direction is one step closer to having her blood on his hands.

He marked me when I was fifteen-then vanished. Now I'm wearing white for another man. A man I didn't choose. A man who doesn't care if I bleed. Cassian Thorne was my first everything. My shadow in the woods, my forbidden secret, my lion. He claimed me young with a bite that still burns beneath my skin-and then disappeared, leaving me to rot in a gilded cage. Eleven years later, I'm a political pawn in an arranged mating between old money and old blood. But the past doesn't stay buried. Not when he returns-feral, furious, and more dangerous than ever. He doesn't ask for forgiveness. He doesn't ask for permission. He takes what's his. Me. Now I'm running through the woods again, heart pounding, dress in tatters, prey to the only predator I ever wanted. And he's not the boy I loved. He's a king of monsters, and I am his marked mate. No crown. No cage. Just claws, fangs, and a promise written in blood. 🔥 A fast-burn, villain-obsessed fated mates shifter romance full of primal chase, filthy dominance, and a love that never forgot how to bite.