The Silver Lining

Scarlett Asteria was sick of being forced into a life of submission. For over eight years, every freedom and joy had been ruthlessly stripped away from her by her abusive father to protect the only kin she had left, her younger sister Bree. Now all she wanted was a way out, for the both of them. Fate comes to provide her with a means to survive and protect her beloved little sister, but Scarlett will soon learn that appearances are not at all what they seem, and that only greater hardships lie in store.

Alexander Nyx wasn't a do-gooder by any means, his dark disposition was evidence enough of that. He had been taught since the very time of his birth among the Spartan youth of Ancient Greece, to survive in this world one must be ruthless, merciless. Order was only maintained through rigid discipline and success was only achieved through extreme determination. He wouldn't have become the Igetis of North America and CEO of the largest corporation America has ever seen if he had simply stood back and observed from the sidelines all his life. One of the many reasons why, he assumed, he had been compelled to save a battered, eighteen year-old girl from the harsh streets of Necropolis from other members of his kind and hers. In a shocking twist of fate, the weak girl proves to be much more valuable in his world, and attracts a number of dangerous members of his kind, compelling him to house her within his own mansion. A stunning feat, as such altruism was largely unheard of from the cold man many had come to know as the second Alexandros the Great. But his affection toward her undeniably grows, and causes him to question all that he stood for, all that he believed in. Will he be able to embrace something he didn't know he had been searching for, for over two millennia, or will he continue to push her away?

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