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✦ 𝑩𝑶𝑶𝑲 𝟐 ✦
Aurelia Adrian was never meant to cross paths with a monster.
The daughter of the ruthless King Adrian, she was brave, stubborn, and dangerously curious.
But curiosity has a price.
One night, it led her straight into the hands of Zayden Volkov a man feared by the world, a walking nightmare whose name was whispered in terror.
The world called him a monster, but monsters have limits.
Zayden Volkov does not.
What begins as a mistake soon turns into an obsession so dark that kingdoms will tremble, blood will be spilled, and the world will witness that his obsession is not merely dark... it is the darkest.
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His hands were wrapped around her waist, his lips near her ear.
"Tell me the truth. What are you doing here?"
She took a shaky breath.
"I am searching for a criminal. People from our kingdom have been disappearing day by day. I'm trying to find who's responsible."
A dark chuckle escaped his lips.
"Interesting."
His hold tightened even more.
"Then you did your job too well."
The girl's heart pounded.
"What do you mean?"
The man leaned closer.
"The criminal you're looking for..."
His voice dropped to a dangerous whisper.
"...is the one standing behind you."
A cold laugh echoed through the forest.
She struggled against him.
"Let me go, you bastard!"
"Brave little thing, aren't you?" he said, amused.
Before she could scream again, he did something.
The world around her began to spin.
Her vision blurred.
Darkness consumed her sight.
And then everything went black as her body went limp in his arms.
The man looked down at the unconscious girl in his arms.
He reached for the black veil covering her face.
As the fabric slipped away, the moonlight fell upon her features.
His dark eyes studied her carefully.
Then a slow smile spread across his lips.
A dangerous smile.
The forest fell silent.
Without taking his eyes off her, he spoke.
"𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚.