22 parts Ongoing 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬.
Two empires. One secret. And a thousand lies between them.
"I didn't want his name. I didn't want his ring. I wanted out."
𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥?
"She's poison. And I've been drinking it since the day we met."
𝐎𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥?
They called it a merger... but it felt like a war.
"You're playing a dangerous game," he warned once.
"Good," she whispered. "Because I never learned how to play safe."
𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞.
They were never lovers. They were weapons. Pointed at each other's hearts.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬... 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞.
"Your lips say no, but your body's been begging me since the second I walked in."
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫- 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭.