ASHES OF THE CROWNLESS CITY

✦ ASHES OF THE CROWNLESS CITY ✦

London, 2018.

When the Valiqa family loses everything overnight, eighteen-year-old Alana Valiqa becomes the price of their survival. Bound by a ruthless contract, she is forced into the custody of Drayk Ryvern -the cold, feared ruler of London's most powerful corporate empire.

To Alana, Drayk is nothing more than a monster who destroyed her family.

But after arriving at the towering fortress known as Ryvern Tower, she discovers something far more terrifying than debt.

Someone has been watching her.

For years.

Hidden photographs document every stage of her life. Forgotten files bear her image. And a mysterious symbol-the Broken Silver Crown-appears wherever the truth seems closest.

As fragments of lost memories begin resurfacing, Alana uncovers the existence of a secret organization erased from history: The Silver Crown Initiative. An organization linked to missing children, forbidden experiments, and a tragedy that should have remained buried forever.

The deeper she searches, the more dangerous the answers become.

Because Drayk never wanted her family's money.

He never cared about the debt.

He only wanted her.

Now trapped within a city built on corruption, power, and secrets, Alana must uncover the truth about her past before it destroys her future.

But in a world where memories can be manipulated and lies are disguised as facts, the greatest mystery may not be who she is-

But why Drayk Ryvern spent fifteen years searching for her.

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Some debts demand a life.

Some secrets demand an empire.

And some missing girls should never be found.