Shadows
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Last published Sun, Jul 20, 2025
He raised her.
He shaped her.
He made her his.
Rihanna Lark lives in a gilded cage. Beautiful, obedient, and bound to the only man she's ever known: her brother, Jay.
To the world, he's protective.
To her, he's everything.
But behind locked doors and sweet smiles lies something darker. Something twisted.
She wasn't meant to question.
She wasn't meant to want.
But when forbidden thoughts bloom and secrets begin to unravel, Rihanna must decide what scares her more, the truth outside his grasp... or the darkness within it.
Obsession wears many masks.
And love? Sometimes it's the cruelest one of all.
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