Half A Heart, Half A Blade
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Renee was born into privilege - old money, high society, a future paved in gold. But she never wanted perfection. She wanted to feel something.
So, she chased it.
Illegal street races. Underground fight clubs. Luxury-fueled Adrenaline highs. Risk became her drug of choice - danger, her only way to breathe.
Then came the night it all burned. One mistake. One crash. Simply being at the wrong place, at the wrong time. The final thread tying her to the family that already viewed her as a failure was cut.
Then came Lucian.
He didn't save her. Wasn't looking for her. He didn't want anyone.
Especially not someone like her.
A ghost in plain sight, Lucian had spent most of his life hiding from a world that marked him for death and branded him a monster before he ever had the chance to speak for himself. Behind his silence are stories carved in scars, memories soaked in blood, a hatred so deep it thrums just beneath the surface of his skin.
To the world, he's dangerous.
To some, a taboo.
To Renee... he's the first risk worth taking.
But love was never part of the plan.
And the deeper she falls, the closer she gets to the one truth Lucian's spent a lifetime denying:
This isn't a love story.
There are some things love can't heal.
Some monsters weren't made to be loved-
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