Zaria Richardson

Eighteen-year-old Clara Miller's life is far from the fairy tale it once seemed. Her father's gambling addiction has drained the family fortune, leaving them reliant on her late mother's trust fund to maintain a semblance of their former lifestyle. As a result, Clara is an outcast at her elite high school, Rosewood Academy, where wealth and status mean everything.

Everything changes when Adrian Belfort, her father's distant step-brother and a reclusive billionaire jeweler, returns from Europe after four years. Adrian was like an uncle to Clara, but his reappearance brings an unexpected shift. Adrian's intense and almost protective gaze unsettles Clara, hinting at feelings beyond familial affection.

"You have taken everything from me," she whispered, her voice barely a breath. "My kingdom, my father, my freedom. What more do you want?"

The Dragon King regarded her with a mixture of amusement and curiosity, his lips quirking into a sardonic smile. "Everything," he replied simply. "I want everything that is rightfully mine. Including you."

"What do you intend to do with me, your Majesty?" Her voice trembled slightly, but she forced herself to speak with a hint of defiance.

Alaric rose from his throne, his movements fluid and deliberate, like a predator circling its prey. "You will serve me," he declared, his voice resonating through the chamber with a commanding presence. "As my concubine, you will bear me a child. Then you can die."

After the conquest of her kingdom by the mighty Alaric, the Dragon King, Princess Isabella of Allendor was taken to his harem to serve him as one of his many concubines. The king was cold and ruthless towards her, punishing her for simply being his late enemy’s daughter. Isabella was afraid of him, rightfully so, and just wanted to survive and avoid the king at all costs. However, when something stronger begin to pull them together, the princess’s sweet innocence and the king’s cold heart find each other in a dangerous dance of fear and desire.

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“Her back was to him as she unhooked her bra, letting the lace fall away. His hands seized her waist, pulling her impossibly close. They were both whole. Both alive. Both finally here."Catherine —" Her name came out raw, broken. She turned in his arms, and the look in her eyes nearly destroyed him. Vulnerability. Want. Fear."Don't," she whispered, her fingers trembling as they reached for his bloodied shirt. "Don't say anything. Not yet...."


She thought he was dead. He thought she betrayed him. They were both wrong.
Catherine Santoro was born into a powerful mafia family, her life controlled by her ruthless father, Cesare. But for one fleeting moment, she tasted freedom in the arms of Kieran Karakatsanis—her bodyguard, her protector, her first love. He promised to save her from the darkness.
Then he vanished. Five years ago, Kieran was ambushed by a rival gang. Catherine was told he died. She mourned him even as her father forced her deeper into a life she never wanted.
But Kieran didn't die.
Now he's known as "The Ghost"—the merciless leader of the Valente crime family. When he storms Catherine's rehearsal dinner and kidnaps her, she's thrust into a nightmare of his making. A prisoner in his mansion. A pawn in his war against her father.
The man she loved is gone. In his place stands a monster—cold, ruthless, cruel.
He flaunts his dominance, using her as leverage in deadly games. Yet beneath his calculated violence, glimpses of the man she once knew emerge, igniting a dangerous tension neither can ignore.
Catherine fights to escape, but her defiance only fuels Kieran's twisted obsession. He can't destroy her—she's the one thing that still makes him feel.
As their past collides with their present, they're drawn into a dark dance of hatred and desire.
Reunited after years of lies and betrayal, they face one question:
Will they destroy each other—or burn the world down together?