Faces From The Past
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Lana
I never thought the man who escaped that nightmare with me would stand in front of me after five years. Back then, he gave me money and urged me to build a new life. Now he's here... or perhaps everywhere. Shall I call our meetings coincidences every time? He never meets my eyes, as though I embody his worst memory. He was kidnapped with me that night. Maybe the trauma haunts him more than it haunts me... or maybe he's hiding something.
Eamon
She thinks I was just her fellow captive. That's true... in a way. But I can't tell her everything. I can't look her in the eye. She's a painful remnant of the night I lost everything. Reconnecting with her after five years might've been fate-or something more deliberate. Was she merely a pawn in my misery? Or the queen orchestrating it all? Maybe she's playing innocent... or perhaps she truly is.
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I took a deep breath. "I know you know," I said. My voice was barely a whisper. The words felt huge in the quiet room. Luca tilted his head. "Know what, Iris?" His eyes searched my face. "My crush," I said. My face burned. "On you." My stomach dropped. The words hung in the air. I didn't even try to lie. There was no point. He had seen it. He had always known. But saying it out loud it burned. I stayed still. My eyes stung. ************ He broke her heart once. This time, he'll destroy anyone who tries to break hers. At twenty-two, Iris Darlington finally has her life moving in the right direction. A dream job. Amazing friends. A future she built without anyone's help. Especially not Luca Whitmore. The man who shattered her teenage heart. The man she's spent years trying to forget. But avoiding Luca becomes impossible when fate throws them back into each other's lives. Because Luca isn't the same man she remembers. He's colder. More powerful. More dangerous. And the way he looks at her now makes it clear that forgetting her was never an option. As old feelings ignite and buried secrets come to light, Iris finds herself caught between the life she's worked so hard to build and the man who could tear down every wall around her heart. In Manhattan, power is everything. Love is weakness. And Luca Whitmore is willing to become a monster if it means keeping Iris safe. Even from himself.
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