
Prologue The city never slept. Not really. Not when its towers were spines of glass pierced into a restless sky, not when every alley whispered secrets, not when shadows moved where no light should have let them. He stood at the heart of it — watching from the penthouse of his empire, a silhouette carved from hunger and command. To the world, he was Dominic Vale, a billionaire whose empire stretched continents. To those who knew the truth, he was something else entirely: the Shadowborn King. And tonight, he felt it — the ripple of something unfamiliar, electric, slicing through his dominion. A presence. A soul unbent by his darkness. It called to him. Far below, in the city’s veins, she moved unaware. A girl with nothing to her name but a sharp tongue, a stubborn heart, and the kind of fire no amount of wealth or shadow could ever smother. But he would try. He would find her. And when he did, she would either shatter beneath him— —or ignite a war that would consume them both.
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