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The Unseen Strings

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Some secrets are meant to stay buried. Some strings should never be pulled. Seraphina Elowen Vail thought she was simply chasing her dream of becoming a detective. But when she is recruited into Oblivion Division, an underground spy organization hidden in the shadows of Iceland, she realizes she’s stepped into a world where nothing is as it seems. Tasked with solving a gruesome murder, Seraphina’s sharp mind makes her a key player in the case—until she discovers she might be the next victim. As she delves deeper, she uncovers an eerie connection between the murder and a mysterious underground organization obsessed with human intelligence. At the center of it all stands Ezrin Theon Holloway—a man as cold as the Arctic winds, yet dangerously compelling. He watches her, tests her, and plays a game only he understands. Beneath his controlled exterior lies a possessiveness that tightens like a noose around her fate. But Seraphina is not easily controlled. She has her own secrets—secrets that even she doesn’t fully understand. When she realizes that her own mind may be the key to the mystery, the lines between hunter and prey begin to blur. In a world where power is everything, where trust is a weapon, and where love and obsession are two sides of the same coin, Seraphina must decide: Will she escape the strings that bind her? Or will she let herself be caught in a web of unseen strings?
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