The morning air was sharp with citrus and damp from early sprinklers. Somewhere outside, the garden was being trimmed, the hum of distant clippers blending with birdsong. But inside Maddie’s room… there was only silence. And the aftermath. The sheets were…

The soft hum of jazz drifted through the penthouse as the sun dipped toward evening. Gold and rose tones bled across the sky, casting long shadows across Tyrone’s sleek, minimal living space. The glass walls turned amber with dusk, and…

The city slept beneath them. The skyline was a sea of lights, shimmering through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Tyrone’s penthouse. Daniel sat in silence on the leather chaise near the glass, still shirtless, hands trembling slightly in his lap. He…

The house was quiet. Too quiet. Maddie lay on her back in the center of her massive bed, arms above her head, golden hair spilling like liquid sunlight across the silk pillows. A light summer breeze whispered through the open…

It had been two full days since Lucien spent the night at Jack’s cabin. Since then, Jack had gone back to his usual routine — splitting logs with his bare arms in the misty mornings, sanding the edge of a…