Pᴀɪɴ & Cᴜʀᴇ
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#Book-2 in Lost Royalty series ( CAN BE READ STANDALONE )
He is heartless,
While she is a heart specialist
He kills mercilessly,
And she lives to save lives
Both are accustomed to blood, but with different intentions:
One to give back life, the other to snatch lives
In the collision of their paths, will they find a way to reconcile their differences or remain irreconcilable opposites?
What will happen when destiny plays its game, binding them in a knot of marriage of convenience, where both are forced to marry each other, just to fulfill a promise?
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