Falling for the enemy will lead to my ruin.My name is Arianna Ivanova, and the city of Charleston belongs to me. Both ruthless and cunning, I rule my empire with an iron fist. Those that challenge me, daring to take aim at my blood-stained crown, die by my hand. That changes, however, when he walks into my life.Alejandro Santiago is the curveball I never saw coming. Like another who came before him, the powerful kingpin, whose scars and demons mirror my own, desires what he'll never have... moreFalling for the enemy will lead to my ruin.My name is Arianna Ivanova, and the city of Charleston belongs to me. Both ruthless and cunning, I rule my empire with an iron fist. Those that challenge me, daring to take aim at my blood-stained crown, die by my hand. That changes, however, when he walks into my life.Alejandro Santiago is the curveball I never saw coming. Like another who came before him, the powerful kingpin, whose scars and demons mirror my own, desires what he'll never have.My territory and submission.To protect myself, I should end him. Quickly. He's a threat to everything I have. Everything I am. But for so long, I've been dead inside. Completely empty. And when in the arms of the enemy, I feel.More so than I ever thought possible.Regardless, I need to remember that Alejandro is the male version of myself: merciless and calculating. If I don't, he'll steal what I locked away long ago. The very thing that will ensure my downfall, destroying me.My cold, black heart. less
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