Lyra: The Billionaire's stolen wife

el and glass. The city below shimmered in golden lights and blurred reflections-elegant, distant, cruel. Darian Black

blink. D

et. *Lyra Vexley-Blackthorn.* Legally bound. But legally meant n

e mo

the clean break of high heels walking away from his empire. His men had searched. Secur

elp," Dari

n his fist, the screen cracking under pressur

prepared him for the way she had taken part of him with her. And worse,

e she

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arter, her cloak pulled tight against the wind's kiss. The cobbles

But she could not shed the ghost of his touch. Her skin still remembered the bruising heat of his finge

, she'd

r

l rising in the distance. Once, she'd stood there wit

ed beside her. A

Russian accent smooth as silk wrapp

a brow. "To

ne with the devil

o the vehicle,

going bac

eturning

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la tucked high above the sea. The mafia prince had eyes like broken

eedom, you'l

identity. Resources to vanish f

stion no one had dared:

hadn't a

no. And somethi

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f Darian's elite security-entered the off

," he said, h

dn't turn

enport airfield. A

no effor

on

ed. His eyes were b

o know. She wan

d. "Sir... wha

iginal contract

ut

y. She wants a game, Fe

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rn Tower felt like judgment. Lyra stood still, ve

ou want thi

she

od. That means y

evator

was w

clean-cut, deadly. His hands were beh

," he

you own me," she re

walked away from the ta

e walked into freedom. Maybe th

arrowed. "I und

hunder. "You understand con

d pulled a crisp folder. He thr

your signature, your

know what it

orthwhile cos

orward, fire

You wanted a possession. A body t

. "You knew wh

was broken. You

Enough. This isn't a

. "What's your price? To leave h

t sell

ne has

th of you. This isn't about con

Darian

ike I was something real-and the next

id no

ng safety like it's love, when really,

le

" Her eyes gleamed. "Then I

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ified. Thunder rumbled a

stepped

topped wan

breath

did you

elt like weakness. An

you don't de

esire, history all crashin

zed. He glanced dow

to leav

ned. "Wha

location. There's a

at Lyra. "You'

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