The Glass Canary

He promised to marry her when they were six. He spent the next twenty years hunting the monsters who took her.

Kieran Thorne is the ruthless CEO of Thorne Enterprises. Cold, calculating, and feared by the city's elite, he has only one weakness: a ghost. Twenty years ago, the love of his young life, Seraphina Sterling, was snatched from a garden in a tragedy that also cost Kieran his parents.

Everyone says she's dead. But Kieran never stopped looking.

Isolde Vance is the porcelain doll of the Vance family. Confined to a wheelchair, drugged into a fog, and kept hidden from the world, she has no memory of her past. She only knows the gilded cage she lives in and the pain in her legs that her "parents" say is an illness.

When fate throws them together at a gala, Kieran recognizes the eyes of the girl he promised to protect. He sees through the lies, the sedation, and the fake identity.

He doesn't just want to save her. He wants to burn down the world of anyone who hurt her.
But saving Seraphina is only the beginning. As Kieran helps her heal, teaching her to trust, to feel, and to walk again, dark secrets about their families come to light. The monster who orchestrated the kidnapping is closer than they think, and he hasn't finished playing his game.

"I waited twenty years for you, Sera. Do you think I care if I have to carry you for fifty more?"

A story of trauma, revenge, and a love that survived the darkness.

• 🖤 Childhood Friends to Lovers
• 🖤 Billionaire CEO x Lost Heiress
• 🖤 Hurt/Comfort (Heavy Caretaking)
• 🖤 Possessive & Protective Male Lead
• 🖤 Recovery & Healing Journey
• 🖤 Revenge Thriller

⚠️TW: This story contains themes of kidnapping, non-consensual drugging, and physical trauma/recovery.⚠️