Between Ruin and Reign

They say a woman like me shouldn't love a man like him.

I'm too loud.
Too volatile.
Too willing to burn everything down just to make a point.

But Matthias Moretti didn't pick me for my sweetness.

He picked me because I'm the only woman in this cursed city who can take his violence, match his obsession, and ride him like owning him is a birthright.

He was supposed to be a holiday sin I'd laugh about later, a sweat-soaked distraction I used to bury my past.

Then one savage little truth blew the floor out from under me and everything we built.

Now he's tearing apart his own empire trying to drag me home, razing anything that stands between us.

He shouldn't worry.
I'm not hiding.

I'm waiting.