Heart Note

"Don't make me fall in love with you, firebug. It's dangerous if the Devil marks you as his mate, for I would keep you locked up in my gilded cage-and I would be too selfish to set you free."

Vivian Amber had been engaged to Leonel Karwitz since she was ten years old-a fact that defined her life in high society. To some, she was the perfect example of virtue; to others, an object of envy. But beneath her pristine exterior lay a woman trapped in a paradox: celebrated yet pitied, cherished yet caged.

Leonel Karwitz was the city's most notorious philanderer, a man who had tasted every forbidden fruit except the one promised to him-Vivian. She was his untouched fiancée, the one pure thing in his dark and ruthless world. He didn't love her, or so he told himself. Yet, he guarded her fiercely, unwilling to let go of what was his, even if he believed she was of no use to him.

When Leonel's empire begins to crumble under the weight of his own sins, Vivian is forced to step into his darkness. No longer a mere possession, she becomes his lifeline, his reason to fight-and his reason to fall. But the line between love and obsession is perilously thin, and as the Devil clings to his angel, he must face a harrowing truth: Vivian is not his salvation-she is his damnation.

In a world where purity is a weapon and darkness an unrelenting force, can their love rise above the ashes? Or will their story be one of destruction, written in blood and gilded bars?

Note: This story is Book-II of the Karwitz trilogy. However it could be read as a standalone.