I met the devil when I was seven.
And I learned early that monsters don’t hide under beds — they build empires.
They smile like saviors.
And they never forget a debt.
I thought I’d escaped that world — the blood, the power, the silence that swallows everything. But fate has a cruel sense of humor. When my father’s debt resurfaced, it dragged me back into the nightmare I swore I’d never face again.
This time, I’m not a frightened child.
This time, I’m the sacrifice.
He remembers the little girl who dared to defy him — the one who saw something human behind the cruelty. Now, I’m a woman, and he wants payment for every moment I made him feel. My defiance. My pride. My refusal to kneel.
He wants my submission.
He wants me to burn.
And he wants to watch me fall.
But power always comes with a price.
And when hatred starts to taste like hunger — when every touch feels like both punishment and promise — I can’t tell if I’m his prisoner… or his addiction.
Every word is a test.
Every kiss, a surrender I swore I’d never give.
Because in his world, love doesn’t save.
It wounds.
It binds.
It destroys.
And no one escapes the devil — especially not the girl who once looked him in the eyes and lived to tell the tale.
Genre: Historical Romance
And I learned early that monsters don’t hide under beds — they build empires.
They smile like saviors.
And they never forget a debt.
I thought I’d escaped that world — the blood, the power, the silence that swallows everything. But fate has a cruel sense of humor. When my father’s debt resurfaced, it dragged me back into the nightmare I swore I’d never face again.
This time, I’m not a frightened child.
This time, I’m the sacrifice.
He remembers the little girl who dared to defy him — the one who saw something human behind the cruelty. Now, I’m a woman, and he wants payment for every moment I made him feel. My defiance. My pride. My refusal to kneel.
He wants my submission.
He wants me to burn.
And he wants to watch me fall.
But power always comes with a price.
And when hatred starts to taste like hunger — when every touch feels like both punishment and promise — I can’t tell if I’m his prisoner… or his addiction.
Every word is a test.
Every kiss, a surrender I swore I’d never give.
Because in his world, love doesn’t save.
It wounds.
It binds.
It destroys.
And no one escapes the devil — especially not the girl who once looked him in the eyes and lived to tell the tale.
Genre: Historical Romance
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