Midnight thorns
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Last published Wed, Jul 30, 2025
He was the boy everyone warned me about.
But I was never good at listening.
When seventeen-year-old Eden Blackwell is forced to transfer to Thornwood Academy-an elite school perched on a storm-swept cliff-she expects cold stares and silent halls. She doesn't expect Lucian Vale.
He's rich, untouchable, and dangerously beautiful. With a past wrapped in mystery and a reputation built on fear, Lucian is everything Eden should stay away from. But Thornwood has its own twisted rules-and Lucian follows none of them.
As secrets begin to unravel and buried truths claw their way to the surface, Eden finds herself caught in a game of obsession, betrayal, and blood-soaked loyalty.
And Lucian?
He doesn't just want her obedience.
He wants her soul.
Some love stories bloom.
Theirs was always meant to burn...
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𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐧
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𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦
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