Thealinashaikh
Elara Sen, a quiet but gifted artist, escapes to the edges of a dense, isolated forest to find inspiration-and distance from a crime-filled city that haunts her past. But when she accidentally witnesses a brutal murder tied to a rising criminal syndicate, her life is thrown into deadly focus.
She meets Aaric Devran, the forest's elusive detective who lives far from society. Cold, sharp-eyed, and impossible to read, Aaric becomes her reluctant protector. Yet beneath his calm exterior lies a truth darker than the woods around them:
Aaric is not just a detective.
He is the hidden heir to the Devran Mafia-feared, hunted, and ruthless.
The deeper Elara is pulled into his world of secrets, the more he finds himself unable to let her go. She becomes his weakness, his obsession-his Princess. But danger grows around them, and the forest becomes a battleground of crime, betrayal, and desire.
As their chemistry ignites-from stolen glances to heated kisses to irresistible closeness-Elara must decide whether to trust the man who lied to protect her... or fear the man who can destroy everything.
But Aaric?
He has already decided.
He'll burn the forest, the city, and the entire underworld-before he lets anyone take her away.
In a world where crime bleeds into passion and secrets turn into confessions, their story ends with a choice neither can escape:
Love him.
Or run from him.
Either way... she will be his wife.
**Dark. Addictive. Sensual.
A romance born in shadows, sealed with danger,
and ended with a marriage no one expected.**