His Ruthless Claim

"𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘖𝘩 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰?"she said. The only thing she feared was his intense obsession

"𝐈𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢'𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐳 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞."

Xavier Knight doesn't feel.
Not love. Not guilt. Not regret.
Raised in a house that never wanted him, he learned early that silence is safer than emotion-and power is better than peace.

Cecily Rosso was light, softness, everything he was never allowed to touch.
Until one day, she disappeared.
Torn from his world without warning, leaving behind only a fading memory and the sound of her cries as she was forced into a car.

Years later, she returns-no longer the innocent girl, but a confident, untouchable woman with her own empire and her own rules.

She doesn't remember the way his eyes followed her.
But he never forgot her.

And now that she's back in his city, Xavier won't watch from behind a window.

This time,
he'll own her light-
or destroy it.