THE SILENCE OF LYCAN ISLE
Tiana Greene arrives on Lycan Isle with nothing but a suitcase, a scarred past, and a desperate need for work. When she is hired as a maid in the sprawling cliff-side mansion of Ross Lycan – the island’s reclusive billionaire – she expects long hours, strict rules, and silence. What she does not expect is the man himself: cold as the steel in his voice, brutally private, and carrying a shadow in his gaze that keeps everyone at arm’s length.
Rumours whisper through the island of former staff fleeing in fear, of Ross’s cruelty, and of the mysteriously vanished brother whose memory haunts the mansion halls. Tiana tries to keep her distance, but every forbidden glance and accidental touch tightens the invisible thread pulling them together.
When a near-fatal accident on the cliffs pushes Ross into her life more violently than either of them intended, the dynamic shifts. Ross grows protective yet distant, drawn to Tiana in ways he cannot accept – while she fights her own confusion over the man beneath the frost.
As the annual island festival approaches, tensions rise. Tiana becomes a target for the island’s elite women, whose humiliation of her sparks a dangerous, possessive reaction in Ross. Social pressure thickens, rumours spread, and the boundaries of employer and servant begin to blur into something darker, deeper, and irresistibly intimate.
But everything changes the night Tiana slips into a forbidden study and uncovers the truth about Ross’s past – a past woven with loss, guilt, and secrets buried beneath the island’s stormy surface.
Now she must decide. Can she love a man built from shadows? And can Ross love someone brave enough to walk into the darkness he’s spent years trying to hide?
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Chapter: Chapter SevenThe storm broke sometime before dawn. Tiana woke to the distant rumble of retreating thunder and the steady hum of the sea settling back into its usual rhythm. The air was thick but calmer, the kind of quiet that came after nature exhausted itself.She pulled open the curtains. Gray morning light spilled across the room, softening the sharp corners of the furniture, warming the space just enough to make it feel less foreign. But the moment she stepped into the hallway, the mansion swallowed that warmth whole.The Lycan estate always felt colder after a storm, as if the walls had stored the tension and were now slowly releasing it.In the kitchen, Alma was already fussing over a long list pinned to the wall.“Morning, dear,” she said distractedly, waving her wooden spoon. “The festival planners and workers are coming today. Representatives from the villages. Maybe even the mayor.”“The mayor?” Tiana blinked. “Why so many people?”Alma snorted. “Everyone wants something from Ross Lycan.
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Chapter: Chapter SixThe next morning dawned with a pale, hesitant light. The sea was restless, its waves slapping the cliffs with irritated persistence, as if the ocean itself sensed the shift happening inside her.Tiana awoke before her alarm, her thoughts already circling the same man – the same contradictions, the same unsettling pull. She pressed a hand to her chest, annoyed at the way he lingered there, like a bruise that wouldn’t fade.Ross Lycan.She was starting to hate how easily her mind drifted to him, or maybe she hated that a part of her didn’t hate it at all.She dressed quickly and moved down the hall, the mansion still half-asleep. The corridors were dim, the chandeliers cold and unlit, sunlight barely scraping through the tall windows. Dust motes floated lazily in the quiet. Everything felt suspended, waiting.Waiting for something she didn’t understand.When she reached the kitchen, Alma was already at the stove, stirring a pot of something that smelled like coconut and herbs.“You’re u
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Chapter: Chapter FiveThe rain had fallen through most of the night, thin and cold, tapping lightly against the glass panes. By morning, mist curled around the mansion like a shy creature reluctant to lift its veil. Tiana pushed open her window, letting the chill morning air sweep across her face and arms. The sea below was still, a wide grey sheet stretching into the distance. Calmer than yesterday, almost pretending innocence.She wasn’t fooled.Ever since she stepped into Ross Lynch’s island, she felt watched – by the waves, by the walls, and most of all, by Ross himself.She tied her hair into a quick ponytail and slipped out into the corridor. The mansion was unusually quiet. A perfect time to get her head straight.Or try to.The kitchen smelled of warm bread and the familiar comfort of simmering oats. She grabbed a small tray and walked out into the eastern garden – the only part of this island that didn’t feel hostile. The stone path was slick with dew, the hedges trimmed back neatly. Ross’s money
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Chapter: Chapter FourThe sky over Lycan Isle was a deep, metallic grey – the kind that hinted at rain without ever fully delivering it. The island breathed in a low, steady rhythm, the sea dragging its heavy waves across the jagged rocks below the mansion. To Tiana, it felt as though the entire world was hushed, listening for something.Inside, the mansion mirrored that stillness. Vast hallways echoed with her footsteps as she moved through her chores, dusting the winding staircase and straightening the velvet drapes that framed the tall windows. Yet beneath the routine, her thoughts churned.Ross Lycan. He lingered in her mind like a shadow cast by a distant storm.Every time she crossed his path, she felt as though she stepped into a different climate – colder, sharper, more unpredictable. And yet… every now and then, his guard would falter. Just long enough for her to glimpse something else. Something raw. Something human.Something dangerous.She tried not to think about those moments, but they slippe
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Chapter: Chapter ThreeThe morning arrived with a fragile calm, as if the island itself had exhaled after the storm’s fury. A gentle mist hovered over the jagged cliffs, softening their sharp edges against the restless sea below. Tiana stepped outside into the cool, salt-scented air, letting it fill her lungs. For once, the crashing waves felt less like a threat and more like a steady heartbeat beneath the quiet.The mansion loomed behind her, a dark silhouette against the pale light. Inside, the vast corridors were still and clean, untouched by the chaos of the night before. The silence, usually so oppressive, felt almost tender today.Tiana moved through the house with practiced ease, her fingers gliding over polished surfaces and the crisp linen of freshly made beds. Her mind was restless, though. Ross Lycan. The memory of his presence lingered like a shadow in every room. The sharp cut of his voice, the cold precision of his gaze. It all made her chest tighten in a way she hadn’t expected.She told hers
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Chapter: Chapter TwoThe morning after the storm, the island was washed clean. The sea had calmed, but the air still carried that heavy stillness that comes after chaos. Tiana stood by her window, watching the sunlight break through low clouds. The cliffs glistened like wet stone; the waves below white with foam.She hadn’t slept much. Every time she closed her eyes, she heard thunder and saw the flash of Ross’s eyes in the dark – grey and mysterious, like the sea itself.By the time she dressed and made her way downstairs, Alma was already busy in the kitchen, humming to herself.“Morning,” Tiana greeted softly.Alma grunted without looking up from the dough she was kneading. “Morning, dear. You’re up early. You’ll want to check the garden paths before the mud dries. They get slippery after the rains.”“The garden?”“Mark will show you.” Alma wiped her hands on her apron. “He’s out by the east terrace. Don’t mind his tongue – he’s got one sharp as pruning shears.”Tiana smiled faintly and stepped outside
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