To Kill an Alchemist
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Last published Sun, Apr 13, 2025
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 <3
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