Endless Solace

"I want to take you here," he said, voice rough, barely restrained. "But it won't be comfortable. And I don't want gentle."

The way he said it made heat coil low in my stomach.

"Hard?" I asked softly, tipping my head, testing him. "How hard can you do?"

His lips curved, slow and knowing, his eyes darkening as he leaned closer. "How hard do you want, Star?"

My pulse thundered. I brushed my mouth against his jaw, then his ear, my voice barely more than a breath. "Hard enough that I forget my own name. Hard enough that the only thing in my head is you."

Something dangerous flickered across his face. He smirked, but it wasn't playful. It was promise.

"Careful what you wish for."

*

Aurea Sevyn is sunshine with quiet scars. Archer Gray is a storm who's forgotten how to protect his heart. She's rebuilding after betrayal. He's surviving the echo of "never enough."

One unexpected moment pulls them together, and one desperate deal traps them in a fake relationship.

It's supposed to be simple. Safe. Temporary.
But their pull is instant, dangerous, impossible to ignore.
Jealous exes return. Old wounds open.
And pretending starts to feel too real.

She becomes his peace.
He becomes her home.

But when the line between fake and real disappears, will two broken hearts save each other... or break all over again?