The scent hit Nora like a physical strike, stealing the oxygen from her lungs.

Pine and ozone.

It was a rare, aggressive combination, completely unique to the Vance bloodline. It was the scent that clung to her husband’s clothes, the scent that lingered on his side of the bed, the scent that had

The fractured glass of Ivy’s vanity mirror was still settling into tiny, glittering shards on the carpet when the heavy thud of the front door echoed up the grand staircase.

"Nora? Ivy? I'm home!"

Darius's voice. Rich, booming, and laced with the effortless charisma that had charmed an entire pa

The rain came down in sheets, turning the winding mountain roads out of Obsidian Ridge into slick, treacherous black ribbons. Nora gripped the steering wheel of her inconspicuous black sedan—one of the fleet cars used by the household staff—her knuckles white. She had bypassed the main gate by takin