This Vicious Dream

<h4><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Once I helped save a kingdom.</strong></h4><h4><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Now I'm trapped in a prison of thorns and nightmares.</strong></h4><h4></h4><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>My crime? Knowing the location of a power that could reshape the world-a grimoire I swore to protect with my life.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>That secret is the only thing keeping me alive while my captors wait for me to break.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Until he arrives.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Beautiful. Ruthless.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Dark inscrutable eyes. A dangerously wicked grin.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>But he's not here to rescue me. He wants the grimoire for himself--and he'll destroy anyone who stands in his way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>My only choice is a fragile temporary alliance with a man I can never trust.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Because there's more at stake than just a stolen grimoire or an ancient grudge.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>And behind his mask of effortless allure he's hiding something far more dangerous than a thirst for power.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Something that could destroy us all.</span></p><p></p><p><strong>2025 International Editorial - IngramSpark Featured Selection</strong></p>