I met the devil when I was seven.
That’s when I learned monsters don’t hide under beds — they build empires.
They smile like saviors.
They bleed power.
And they never forget a debt.
For years, I tried to outrun that world — the violence, the silence, the kind of loyalty that kills.
But fate doesn’t forget either.
When the past came for me, I didn’t stand a chance.
This time, I’m not the scared little girl who begged for mercy.
This time, I’m the offering.
He remembers me — the child who looked him in the eyes and saw something human behind the cruelty.
Now, I’m grown.
And he intends to make me pay for the sin of surviving him.
He wants my surrender.
He wants my fire.
He wants to break me… slowly.
But power always takes its toll.
And when hatred starts to feel like hunger — when every touch burns and every word cuts — I can’t tell if I’m his prisoner or his obsession.
Every breath feels like a dare.
Every kiss, a warning.
Every heartbeat, a war I swore I’d never fight again.
Because in his world, love doesn’t save.
It consumes.
It corrupts.
And once the devil marks you—
you never truly escape.
Genre: Historical Romance
That’s when I learned monsters don’t hide under beds — they build empires.
They smile like saviors.
They bleed power.
And they never forget a debt.
For years, I tried to outrun that world — the violence, the silence, the kind of loyalty that kills.
But fate doesn’t forget either.
When the past came for me, I didn’t stand a chance.
This time, I’m not the scared little girl who begged for mercy.
This time, I’m the offering.
He remembers me — the child who looked him in the eyes and saw something human behind the cruelty.
Now, I’m grown.
And he intends to make me pay for the sin of surviving him.
He wants my surrender.
He wants my fire.
He wants to break me… slowly.
But power always takes its toll.
And when hatred starts to feel like hunger — when every touch burns and every word cuts — I can’t tell if I’m his prisoner or his obsession.
Every breath feels like a dare.
Every kiss, a warning.
Every heartbeat, a war I swore I’d never fight again.
Because in his world, love doesn’t save.
It consumes.
It corrupts.
And once the devil marks you—
you never truly escape.
Genre: Historical Romance
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