"You shouldn't have come back, Elena," Julian said, his voice a low vibration that skipped across her skin like a physical touch.
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Julian de Vincent was everything she remembered: beautiful, arrogant, and dangerous. As the moonlight spilled across the dark waters of the swamp, they stood on the crumbling balcony of the West Wing, the air thick with the scent of jasmine and unspoken secrets. "You shouldn't have come back, Elena," Julian said,
The mystery of their lineage was unraveling. There were whispers of a pact made centuries ago—a debt paid in blood and moonlight. As Elena dug deeper into the family’s archives, she found more than just a hidden history; she found a connection to Julian that defied logic. They weren't just star-crossed; they were bound by a legacy that required one of them to break. Julian de Vincent was everything she remembered: beautiful,
The de Vincent estate was a place of polished silver and tarnished souls. For Elena, returning to the Bayou meant facing the shadows she’d spent years outrunning—and the one man who still haunted them.
In the heat of the Louisiana night, Elena realized that the biggest scandal wasn't the murders or the missing gold—it was the fact that she was falling for the monster she was supposed to expose.
"I came for the truth," she whispered, stepping closer, though every instinct told her to run. "About what happened the night the moon turned red."