Prologue

Her absence was a wound they never healed from.

Ophelia Elliot - kidnapped at five, raised in the shadows, lost to the life that should have been hers.
The only proof of her past was a necklace she never took off.

Kind-hearted and quiet, she had learned to fear loud voices and sudden storms.
But even fear could not keep her from chasing her dreams.

By choice, she stepped through the prison gates, determined to heal broken minds and strengthen her future.

She thought she had chosen this path.
She thought it was hers to control.

But behind iron bars and concrete walls, old debts stirred.
Names like Seth. Akira. Oziel.
Men who ruled from the darkness, weaving the prison's heartbeat - and her fate.

She came with hope.
She didn't know she was walking straight into the hands of those who had been waiting.

Waiting for her.