THE PRICE OF SHADOWS
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GABRIEL'S POV:
She thinks I'm a monster. Maybe I am.
But now she's mine-and debts are always collected.
LYRA'S POV:
Dragged into his dark, glittering empire, I'm forced to live by his rules, trapped in a cage made of diamonds. He's cold, commanding, and dangerous... yet beneath the sharp edges, there's something broken. Something that keeps pulling me closer, even when I should run
She was never meant to be his.
But her father's debt made her a prize to be claimed.
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