What follows in the dark
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"What follows in the dark"
She's running from her past. He's the one who refuses to let her vanish.
For months, Kaida Throne has been on the move,new towns, new names, always one step ahead of the people who want her dead. The past she escaped still stalks her, carved into her skin and echoing in her dreams.
When she crosses paths with a stranger connected to a darker world, her instincts flare and scream run, hide, disappear. But paranoia can't protect her forever,and neither can distance. Someone is already watching.
Koen Drake lives in the shadows between morality and sin. The moment he sees Kaida, something in him shifts,an obsession that feels like fate, a need he can't explain. She's chaos wrapped in defiance, and he'll burn through anyone who tries to take her away.
As danger closes in and trust turns to temptation, Kaida must decide if Koen is her greatest threat,or the only one ruthless enough to save her.
A dark romance of obsession, survival, and the thin line between love and ruin, what follows in the dark asks,
Can you ever truly escape your past... or does it always find a way to claim you?
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