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The Empire Of Alleviation
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Ongoing, First published Feb 13
Mature
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New York City promises everything. Fame. Fortune. Freedom. But some dreams come with a price.

Karlena Valkova learned early on to smile through the pain. The louder she laughed, the less visible her cracks were. Now, she's facing her dreams. But the promise of fame doesn't make it easier to hold herself together. If she stops performing, the whole world will see just how much she's breaking.

Kai Raven lives in a world of unlimited money, clubs, parties, and bodies that mean nothing but a night in the sheets. He's respected. Reckless. Addicted to forgetting. When the chaos stops, the silence gets unbearably loud, and the past's claw marks burn.

They should have stayed strangers. But a single university project throws them together, and suddenly they are drowning in each other's worlds. Cameras. VIP clubs. Underground races. Sleepless nights. He sees right through her mask, and she is the first to call him out on his bullshit.

The lines blur between nights and mornings. Secrets become confessions. Pain turns to trust. Friendship burns with love and passion. 

But love isn't enough to save them from themselves. And when everything shatters, they stand face to face in a collision that was always meant to destroy them. 

What if the best thing he never knew he needed was her? 
What if her dream means nothing without him in it?
Will New York City become their Empire of Alleviation?
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PAUL I cheated on my fiancée. Sophie and I were building our future. In love, happy, peaceful. Then she found a lump in her breast and I made the worst choice: I numbed my fear by sleeping with someone else. My worst mistake and my biggest regret. Now I see Sophie around town with him. She's radiant and laughing with people who actually show up. I'm trying to learn how to be a man who does. If she lets me, I'll spend the rest of my life proving I can choose her when it's hardest. If she lets me... SOPHIE I thought the promise was in sickness and in health. But he buried his fear in someone else. On the same night, I walked into a bookstore and meet the gentle giant owner who invites me to his book club full of misfits. I'm laughing again, I smile more than I ever have, I heal my heart. My ex says he can learn to stay, but my bookstore owner keeps showing up like it's as easy as breathing. I don't know what the future holds; I don't know if I'll win this battle against cancer, but I do know I'm done wasting time on people that love only when it's easy. CALLUM She came in to Rivers & Rhodes Bookstore and asked for books with happy endings only. I gave her a recommendation, an invitation, and an offer of friendship. Now, this beautiful brave woman is completely under my skin. I'm not here to win a competition against him. I'm here because choosing someone, second by second, is the only way I understand love. Content Warnings: on page cheating, emotional and physical infidelity, cancer, mentions of vomiting, bleeding, surgery. Please be advised.