Crimson Vow

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For two years, Lyra Thorne, a reclusive alchemist living in the shadowed Principality of Eldoria, has harbored a dangerous secret within the forgotten crypts of her ancestral manor: a man in a deep, unnatural slumber. He is known only as 'The Serpent' to those who whisper of his past, a past steeped in bloodshed and political intrigue. Lyra, fearing the day he might stir, prayed nightly for his eternal repose, knowing his awakening would spell her ruin. He was the brute who'd once attempted to end her lineage, a force of nature she barely survived. Then, against all odds and her fervent wishes, he opened his eyes. Memory-less, confused, yet with an unsettling intensity that promised violence, he confronted her. Desperate to survive, and with no other recourse, Lyra wove a treacherous lie: 'You are my betrothed, sworn to this house, and I am your dutiful wife.' With every stolen glance and forced intimacy, she binds herself deeper to a man she fears, praying her deception will hold before his true, ruthless nature reawakens and unravels her carefully constructed world. This dark vow, built on terror and deceit, might be her only salvation or her ultimate undoing.