Ruins Of The Glory
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Last published Thu, Sep 21, 2023
If you blame the victim, then you stand for the perpetrator.
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"Don't touch me!" She spat back, she felt his touch and she felt the anger boiling within her like hot lava. "You've got no right to touch me!"
"I'm your fucking husband, Verena and you're mine!" He confessed his eyes filled with lust. He reached out for her, and she let his hands slowly caress her skin as he drew her closer.
He pulled her body into his and she felt his arms wrap around her, holding her closely and gently. He kissed her with the passion and intensity of a man who had been holding a desire back for a long time.
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Verena Bradbury's life took a treacherous turn after a fateful party. Little did she know that her innocent decision to enter a villa with five strangers would result in her becoming a criminal and spending four years behind bars.
Upon her release, Verena was consumed by a burning desire for revenge against Ariana Vandeleur and her accomplices, who had framed her. Determined to tear them apart, she meticulously plans her retaliation.
Louis, driven by his dark obsessions, kidnapped Verena and enforced their union by forging their marriage certificate without a trace of hesitation.
In "Ruins Of The Glory," Verena Bradbury found herself trapped in a thrilling rollercoaster ride of lies, betrayal and desperation.
Will she be able to break free from her nightmarish entrapment and expose the truth, or will the shadows of her past continue to haunt her?
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