Shadows of Trust
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She spent her whole life being told she was nothing.
Unwanted. Unloved. Invisible.
Until the night she ran-straight into the mansion of Dmitri Volkov.
Cold, ruthless, and powerful, Dmitri trusts no one but the uncle who raised him.
Especially not a trembling girl who shows up on his doorstep in the middle of the night.
He sees danger in her wide eyes and soft lips.
She sees safety in the storm of his arms.
She is poor, broken, and full of secrets.
He is rich, brutal, and carries scars of his own.
She falls first.
But when he finally falls... he falls harder.
And Dmitri Volkov does not love gently-he loves like a man who will burn the world for what's his.
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