Loose Threads (wlw)

Some mistakes leave bruises long after the touch is gone.

Thalia married young, believing love was supposed to be forever. Now, at nineteen, she's learning what heartbreak really means. A med student surviving on caffeine, deadlines and pure stubbornness falls hard... and breaks even harder.

But shattered things can be put back together, if the right hands try.

Maybe those hands belong to Artemis Thorne.

Artemis Thorne is everything Thalia shouldn't want, cold, unreadable, unpredictable in all the ways people warn you about. A lawyer sharp enough to destroy careers and hearts with the same precision. She built her power brick by brick, wall by wall, until no one could get close enough to hurt her.

And then Thalia walked into her office with a broken marriage, trembling voice, and eyes that shouldn't still believe in love.

Artemis knows better. Knows she should keep professional distance. Knows this is a girl who needs safety, not temptation. But some things are harder to resist than they should be. Some things feel like a dare.

And somewhere between broken vows and whispered confessions, Artemis starts wanting more than she's allowed to touch, something forbidden.

Because Thalia isn't just a client. She's the weakness Artemis swore she'd never have again, soft, tempting, and easily to ruin.