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To Kill an Alchemist

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Reads 43
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Parts 8
Time 42m

betrayal enemy manipulation revenge sins slowburn wealth

He built empires on lies. She paints truth in shades of vengeance.

Catalina Lauders was once the girl who believed in Yakary Alistair, the financial alchemist who spun fortunes from straw and twisted trust into a weapon. He seduced her with charm, shattered her with ambition, and left her to drown in the inferno he ignited.

But ashes don't vanish.

They rise on the wind.

Now, a celebrated artist wielding a fortune of her own, Catalina re-enters Yakary's orbit, not for love, but for demolition. She knows his weaknesses. She knows his sins. And she's meticulously crafted a masterpiece of revenge with his name etched at its heart.

But power rarely yields without a fight. And Yakary never concedes defeat.

What begins as a perilous game of predator and prey swiftly descends into something far more sinister. old wounds reopening, unspoken truths clawing their way to the surface, and a love too corrupted to ever truly die.

How do you obliterate the man you once adored, when a part of you still does?

This is a slow-burn romantic thriller where every glance carries a loaded meaning, every word is a honed blade, and the past is never as dormant as it appears. Trust no one. Least of all yourself.

This is an original official story by me, Valentine Clark. Thank you for reading and sharing <3All Rights Reserved

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"You leave when I say you leave. I will tear you apart from the inside out until you loathe yourself, until you feel nothing-just like the murderer you are." Amelia came to college to bury her past. Ryder came to remind her. He's been watching, waiting, unraveling. Grief turned him cruel. Obsession made him dangerous. Amelia, the girl he swore to destroy, even as he aches to touch her again. Their connection is a battlefield, a storm of possession, jealousy, and pain. Amelia wants to move on. Ryder wants her to bleed. But beneath the rage is something darker: a love so twisted it feels like punishment. As secrets unravel and trauma resurfaces, Amelia must choose: reclaim her voice or be swallowed by his. Because some love stories don't heal and some burn. And this one leave scars that never fade.