Do you remember the last time your family broke your heart?
At seventeen, I had everything. Wealth. Beauty. A future as a prima ballerina.
My life in Sands Point looked perfect. It was a lie.
The only truth in it was Jacob. My father assigned him as my bodyguard and driver. He was forty. Untouchable. A man carved from war and discipline. Wanting him was dangerous. I still craved the way he chased me. It felt like someone finally chose me.
The night Jacob kissed me, he swore it would never happen again.
I hated him for that.
Then the truth about my family came out. And Jacob was at the center of it. So, I left.
I chose distance over betrayal. Even if it meant leaving him behind because I knew he would never let me go.
This is the story of how my family broke me. And how I fell in love with the Butcher anyway.