In the Dark, We Burn
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She was supposed to hate him.
He was never meant to want her.
When Ophelia enters the world of ruthless power games and blood-stained secrets, she expects monsters. What she doesn't expect is him-the man everyone fears. Cold. Cruel. Devastatingly seductive. A villain cloaked in charm and danger, who sees her not as an innocent bystander, but a pawn in his wicked game.
But Ophelia isn't as fragile as she seems-and with every stolen glance, every dangerous touch, the line between enemy and obsession blurs. He breaks her rules. She shatters his control. And in the shadows of betrayal and revenge, something darker blooms: desire.
As secrets unravel and loyalties twist, Ophelia finds herself spiraling into a world where love is war, pain is pleasure, and surrender might just be the most dangerous choice of all.
In this dark and twisted romance, nothing is black and white-only red.
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