#2 in tainted secrets Their paths should never have crossed. But fate doesn’t ask. It dares. She built her empire from grief, guarding a heart too fractured to trust. He carved his from vengeance, cloaked in secrets darker than night. When their worlds collide, truths buried in blood begin to rise.In a world shaped by power, pain, and pasts.Both are on a collision course—a love born from scars, burning with forbidden fire. He killed her father. Her father once owned his soul. And yet... he watches her like a man starved. Desires her like a sin he’ll never be allowed to confess. Because loving her isn’t just wrong. It’s forbidden. And some desires were never meant to be touched.