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June Harper has been raised to believe her life was already written for her.
At twenty-one, she studies law, chases perfection, and obeys the expectations of a powerful family whose influence reaches far beyond wealth. Quiet, introverted, and afraid to disappoint, June keeps her doubts-and her dreams-locked safely on paper.
Xain Rhys has nothing to lose.
Living from job to job, guided by instinct rather than rules, he carries grief he refuses to name and anger he barely controls. Rebellious, sharp-tongued, and painfully free, he is everything June's world warns her against.
When a temporary job brings them together, tension sparks into something deeper. Teasing turns into connection, and connection into something neither of them is prepared for. But as June begins to question the truth behind her perfect upbringing, shadows from the past resurface-secrets buried within her family's walls, tied to a loss that still haunts Xain.
Some love stories are born in light.
Others are forged in silence, betrayal, and blood.