Chapter 1

#vote# To my dear readers,Thank you for your patience while I stepped away for a little while. Sometimes a story needs silence to grow, and sometimes the writer does too. But I am back now — with a clearer mind, a fuller heart, and a story that has been quietly waiting to unfold.What comes next will be deeper, bolder, and far more tantalising than before. Secrets will surface, desires will sharpen, and choices will begin to shape destinies in ways none of us expect. I have returned not just to continue the tale, but to breathe new life into it — with richer emotion, slower tension, and moments that linger long after the page ends.Thank you for staying with me. Your presence here means more than you know.Now… let us begin again.With gratitude, Lady_B