Velvet Chains
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- Parts 5
MatureOngoing8m
Last published Tue, Mar 11, 2025
"You can run, but you'll never escape me."
For five years, Celeste has lived in the shadows, far away from the man who once owned her world. She built a quiet life, free from his control-until he found her.
Lucien Blackwell is richer, darker, and crueler than ever. A man with too much power, too many secrets, and a love so twisted, it feels like a curse. He was never the hero of her story-he was the villain who marked her, obsessed over her, and refused to let her go.
Now that she's back in his hands, freedom is just a forgotten dream.
She should hate him. She does.
But hate is dangerous when it burns just as much as desire.
Because Lucien doesn't just want her back-he wants to break her, own her, and make her remember...
She was never meant to leave.
She was always meant to be his.
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