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Selene Brooks lives in a world made of pages-soft-spoken, sheltered, and safe. Tucked away in a quiet bookstore and under the watchful eye of her grandmother, she's untouched by the shadows that move beyond her small corner of the city.

Until she sees something she was never meant to.

Kairo Saint is a name whispered behind closed doors-a CEO cloaked in luxury and blood. Powerful. Dangerous. Obsessed. He's spent months watching the girl who doesn't belong in his world, waiting for the moment to bring her into it.

Now that she knows too much, he gives her a choice:
Stay close to him-or be swallowed by everything else.

But the closer she gets, the more she realizes:
You can't love a man like Kairo Saint and come out whole.