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Alicia Fonell thought marriage would save her—but life with Travis Blackwood is nothing but bruises, betrayal, and silence. Trapped in a family built on greed and lies, she has only one goal: escape.

Then Malachi Blackwood returns. Her husband’s older brother. Dark, dangerous, and untouchable. He swore he’d never come back to Silver Lake, but secrets and revenge drag him home.

The closer Alicia gets to him, the harder it becomes to resist. Forbidden touches. Stolen glances. A temptation she knows could destroy them both.

Trigger / Content Warning 
This story contains a morally grey male lead whose choices, actions, and desires are not always healthy or “right.” Malachi is obsessive, controlling, and dangerously possessive. If you’re looking for a gentle love story, this may not be for you.

But if you crave intensity, forbidden passion, and a hero who walks the line between love and ruin—welcome.

I was in my Dark City office when the call came. One of my informants, voice tight with the kind of tension that meant something significant had happened.


"Malachi Blackwood is coming back. He's moving operations to Dark City. Bringing his top people with him."


I leaned back in my chair, a smile spreading across my face. "Is that so? How generous of him to come to me."


"Boss, this could be dangerous. He's not coming for a visit. He's coming for war."


"I know exactly why he's coming. I've been hitting his shipments, disrupting his operations, making him bleed. Of course he's coming. I expected nothing less."


I hung up and stared out my window at the city below. Dark City. The place where both Malachi and I had built our foundations, where we'd learned to be who we were. He'd left years ago, moved to Silver Lake, thought he could leave this place behind.


Chapter 155 - Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Five