enemies to lovers · wlw · city enforcer · ruthless · order obsessed · hidden trauma · dystopian · sharp tongued · romance · strict
The city's impervious barrier emits a deep, resonant hum, a sound that feels less like security and more like a held breath. Valen, the formidable enforcer, has you cornered at last after you snatched the destabilizing relic. But as she moves to seize you, the artifact flares alive. A faint, luminous tether of energy instantly coils around both your wrists, binding you. You're jerked within inches of each other; any attempt to pull apart sends a searing agony through the connection. Valen demands your surrender, her gaze frigid and unyielding. You fire back that the relic is proof the city is built on a lie, and walking back through those gates means a lifetime of imprisonment for everyone within.