Chapter 5

A letter arrived one morning. One she was never meant to see. Raphael’s past was more dangerous than she imagined, and now it was coming for them. The love they built was fragile, beautiful, but threatened by the world he had kept hidden. "Run with me," he pleaded, his breath hot against her lips. "Forget everything else." But could she? Could love survive when trust had been shaken? Could passion burn without turning them both to ashes?