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Last published Sun, Oct 19, 2025
St. Augustine's University where the heirs of empires learn to polish their lies, and every secret has a price.
Amberé Deveraux thought she was escaping her past when she transferred to St. Augustine's. Instead, she stepped into a gilded cage run by the De León twins.
Luis De León burns too bright reckless, magnetic, dangerous in all the ways she should avoid.
Leonardo De León hides behind control quiet, watchful, the kind of danger that waits until you invite it in.
They want her.
They want to own her.
And Amberé, for reasons she can't admit, wants both.
Then the envelopes start appearing.
The first one says: You play with fire, kitten. Don't get burned.
Between midnight parties and whispered betrayals, Amberé learns the truth about St. Augustine's:
power is inherited, loyalty is bought, and love can be the most expensive secret of all.
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