CLANDESTINE

Forced marriage? Death was Freyja Bielke's escape. Now, a traveling performer, she's falling for a man with a secret so dangerous, it could expose her lie and doom them all.

The memory of the arranged marriage and a gilded cage she'd rather die than inhabit still haunted her dreams. Death had been her only way out from her crumbling mental health and the voices in her head.

Now somehow, with fate giving her a second chance at life, disguised and far from her former life, she traveled the land as a performer, finding solace and a fragile peace in the fleeting applause and anonymity of the road.

But her carefully constructed world teetered on the precipice of collapse when she saw him.

His laughter was a melody that drew her in, his eyes held a depth that mirrored her hidden pain. But beneath the charm and warmth, she sensed a secret lurking, a danger so profound that it threatened to shatter her carefully crafted lie and expose her to the forces she had so desperately tried to outrun, potentially dooming them both.

Was this love a mistake too? Will Freyja be able to live her life afresh and in peace? Or will her feelings be the reason for her ruin?

Only time will tell.
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"Some stories are best left untold."

"Perhaps. But secrets, like buried treasure, have a way of being unearthed. And some treasures come with a curse."

"Then I prefer to perform without the burden of your scrutiny. I don't want my show to be ruined"

"We all carry burdens, Freyja. The question is, which ones will drown us, and which ones will help us fly? Even death is not an escape for some. "

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