The Shadows of Desire | 18+
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Last published Wed, Sep 24, 2025
𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮.
Persephone Harding didn't mean to fall in love with him, she swears it. In fact, she tried to avoid him at all costs to protect her best friend's feelings. But one night, everything changed.
Ransom Drysdale can't remember when he started looking at Persephone, he's always known her as his annoying little sister's best friend. Persephone avoided him, he avoided her, it was pretty simple. Until the night everything changed.
𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙢 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙉𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧.
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