Until Death Gives In: He Was My Doom, and Still My Home

were born as enemies, their families locked in a feud that spanned genera

nslow. Instead, he shifted the aim of his gun and spared her-savin

ed. Instead, she chose to fall-str

ether in secret. Mira was the o

a grand wedding in Silvera, where their love could final

bandon her family name for him. And he was willin

ra handing over a hundred-page document to the head of the Winslo

g else. He couldn't believe that the woman wh

moment she stepped ou

ater flooded her throat. The executioner le

ieved it was the man she loved

..

d-his eyes half-lidded, dark hair spread across the pillow. The usual sharp

thday. And the third year of

her ring finger. It was bare-but in he

n asked, his voice rough

et back, I'll make you

in against the top of her head. His warm breath brushed he

as hard to believe he was the same ma

d into the elevator, the softn

call. "Sta

efore. Their arms depot had been raided-too

as a tr

ars-to the night Mira had been cornere

a daughter of the Winslow family. H

war for generations. They w

to her throat-and her refusal to

l, the first thing she asked

hey reminded me of a Persian cat I had

and then the

he became the only lig

y seated by the window, waiting for her. She handed him a docume

for a long moment bef

with the head of the Winslow family for nearly an hour-and at

. All they could see was Mira's solemn

Winslow handed her brother a classi

-ceiling window, his grip tighte

nted to marry him. He thought of the countless times she had looked at him with t

it had b

ftness to draw out his secrets-and then des

"Lucien, Conrad has been executed. Someone submitted falsified evidence a

sea before a storm. "Bring Mira

d stepped back, a faint, col

g more than an overlooked illegitimate son of the Yates family. But ever

ra disappeared, Lucien would understand-she was

errogate. Selena rewrote it into som

about the way Lucien had looked at her that

alley. A sack was thrown over her head,

an sped towar

ed off, Mira saw Selen

r heels clicking sharply aga

king. "If Lucien finds out you kidnapped

at how it always ends for women like you? And don't forget-the Winslow and Yates Group have been enemies

hrank. She coul

n with cruel fingers. "A lapdog of the Wi

tears spilled uncontrollably. "Th

to the men behind her. "Tie her to an anch

t Selena was lying. Lucien had pro

how could the heirs of sworn enemies eve

y loved her. To him, she had only

she was dragged to the edge of the deck. The sh

, tear-filled eyes, all she coul

Mira was thrown i

lled with feigned anguish. "Lucien, Mira pa

n, as if something inside him snapped, he hurled his p

ing deceived, and the memories of every moment he had shared with Mir

a roar tear through the room-raw an