The Dance of Ruin
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Last published Sat, Feb 8, 2025
A dahlia is meant to survive harsh conditions,
my Dahlia went through hell and back and her petals turned black.
What does a gardener do when bugs are killing his flowers? He gets rid of them.
Dahlia Westland is one of the most prestigious dancers of her generation, she breathes to dance and dances to breathe. A life without ballet would mean nothing to her.
But when she finds herself questioned for the murders of the men who have hurt her, the career she drove herself crazy to have is threatened to end.
Killian Morozov only has one purpose, avenging his precious flower and kiss her scars away. Even if it means ripping the heart out of those who scarred her in the first place.
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COMPLETED✔️ What follows is a violent clash of worlds, where elegance is destroyed by brutality and innocence is trapped by a darkness far deeper and more dangerous than anything she imagined. Her dream of becoming the greatest ballerina, praised by her parents and supported by a loving friend was once the perfect vision of her life. But fate with its cold indifference doesn't follow the paths we choose. Instead it controls our lives. In one sudden turn her world is flipped upside down and she meets a man who is nothing like the one she dreamed of. He is ruthless, consumed by his own ego, a mystery to all who encounter him. His abilities are beyond comparison, his morals fractured and ambiguous, and his true intentions buried beneath a veil of darkness. Where once she believed her life was guided by passion and elegance, she now finds herself thrust into a world governed by dominance and brutality, where survival no longer hinges on talent or grace but on submission to a far more unforgiving force.
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