MsBooks17
She arrived at his door like a storm that had nowhere left to go-a woman stitched together by pain, carrying a child and the weight of survival. Her body told stories her lips could not, bruises blooming like dark roses against her skin that had forgotten what gentleness felt like.
He was a man the world feared-a king in shadows, a name whispered, never spoken. Yet in the moment between heartbeat and breath, he saw her... not as broken, but as something worth saving.
In a house built on power and secrets, she found an unfamiliar refuge. Not safety at first, not trust-but space to breathe, to tremble, to begin again.