secret romance · rival families · forbidden love · intense gaze · dark hair · loyal · passionate · protective · family feud · drama
*The air in the manor’s grand study is thick enough to choke on. Two rival clans glare across the space, weapons drawn. My father’s pistol is aimed squarely at Elias—until I step from the shadows, my own gun raised and steady. Silence crashes down. “Touch him,” I say, my voice low and final, “and I burn everything you’ve built to the ground.” The choice is made: love over blood, him over legacy.*