MasukHe wasn’t supposed to be anything more than a favor. A protector. A shadow while my father was gone. But now he’s everything I shouldn’t want—and the only thing I can’t stop craving. My father’s a powerful man—military, respected, constantly away. After the divorce, it was just me. No mother. No softness. Just silence and an empty house that echoed louder with every year. Then came Roman Cross. My dad’s best friend. His war brother. Older. Stricter. And always watching. He moved into the guesthouse when I turned eighteen, “just to keep an eye on things,” he said. A promise made man-to-man, sealed with loyalty. But Roman doesn’t treat me like a child. Not anymore. Not since the night I saw what he really is—what he really wants. He runs something dark behind closed doors. A secret club, built on control and submission. And once I got too curious, there was no going back. Now every look is a warning. Every touch, a mistake. Every whispered good girl... a promise. My father thinks I’m safe. But I fell in love with the one man he trusted to protect me. “Guardian of Ruin” is a dark, forbidden romance full of secrets, age-gap tension, and the dangerous kind of love that can never stay hidden.
Lihat lebih banyakThe moment my fingers touched the crown.the world disappeared.Darkness swallowed everything.The ruined village.The Veilkeepers.Kael.Gone.I couldn’t breathe.Cold spread through my body as the crown fused against my palms like it had been waiting for me all this time.Then the memories came.Not flashes this time.Not broken pieces.Everything.I stood in a massive throne room carved from black stone, towering pillars stretching endlessly into darkness. Silver flames burned along the walls without heat, casting eerie light across hundreds of kneeling figures below.Hollows.Thousands of them.Their heads bowed in absolute silence.And at the center of it all.me.No.Her.The first Queen of Ruin sat upon a throne of obsidian, draped in dark armor lined with glowing cracks. A silver crown rested upon her head like it belonged there.Like it had never belonged anywhere else.Her face slowly lifted.And I was staring at myself.Same eyes.Same face.Only colder.Older.Broken in wa
Dust drifted through the air like ash after a wildfire.The village was silent except for the crackling of broken wood and distant cries somewhere beyond the smoke.I couldn’t move.The cracked earth stretched beneath my feet in glowing lines that cut through homes, streets, walls everything.I had done that.Not the Hollows.Not some ancient queen from a forgotten story.Me.My chest tightened so hard it hurt to breathe.“No…” I whispered weakly.A child cried somewhere behind the smoke.The sound shattered something inside me.Villagers slowly emerged from hiding, staring at the destruction around them with hollow expressions.Then their eyes found me.And the fear on their faces turned into hatred.“She destroyed the village…”“I told you she would.”“She’s a monster.”Each word hit harder than the last.Kael stood several feet away, blood running down one side of his face from a cut near his temple. Pieces of shattered wood surrounded him where the blast had thrown him backward.B
Nobody spoke.Not the villagers.Not Kael.Not even the Hollows kneeling across the ruined streets.The entire village stood frozen beneath the cold night sky while dark energy crackled faintly around my body like dying lightning.I could feel every eye on me.Fear.Disgust.Shock.And beneath all of it.certainty.They believed the stories now.Because how could they not?An army of monsters had bowed the moment my power erupted.Not to Kael.Not to the village elders.To me.My chest tightened painfully.“This isn’t what it looks like,” I whispered.The words sounded weak even to my own ears.One of the villagers stumbled backward. “She controls them…”“I don’t,” I said quickly. “I swear I don’t.”The Hollows remained kneeling.Motionless.Waiting.Kael stepped in front of me before the villagers could react further.“No one moves,” he warned sharply.Several villagers already had weapons raised.Not against the Hollows anymore.Against me.Lena stared at the creatures surrounding t
The fire cracked softly between us.No one spoke.Not me.Not Kael.Not even Lena, who now looked like she regretted saying anything at all.But it was too late.The words had already settled inside me like poison.The last Queen of Ruin didn’t die.She was reborn.I stared at the flames, trying to steady my breathing.“That’s impossible,” I said finally.Lena shifted awkwardly near the doorway. “It’s just a legend.”“You didn’t sound uncertain a second ago.”Her expression tightened. “In the stories, the Queen always returns when the ruin wakes again.”Kael leaned against the wall silently, arms crossed tightly over his chest.Which told me everything.He believed it too.I looked at him sharply. “You knew.”His jaw flexed.“I knew there were rumors.”“That’s not an answer.”“It’s the only one you’re getting tonight.”Anger flared immediately.“People keep doing that,” I snapped. “Speaking in riddles. Treating me like I’m too dangerous for the truth.”“Because maybe you are.”The roo
Chapter Seven: The Smoke That Remains The Zurich skyline glowed in the early morning light, but Eden saw none of it.She stood by the river, a silver blanket draped over her shoulders, Roman sitting beside her on a bench that overlooked the slow-moving water. The sirens had stopped an hour ago, an
Chapter Six: The Descent Zurich was a city that wore silence like a crown. From the snow-dusted rooftops of the financial district to the cold glint of its underground systems, everything hummed with an eerie precision—controlled, ordered, predictable.Except tonight.Tonight, chaos was circling b
Chapter Four: Echo Protocol The vault burned behind them.Roman’s fingers gripped the detonator as they stood at a safe distance, the explosive charges having been carefully placed on every terminal, server, and failsafe hatch. When the shockwave rippled through the forest, birds scattered from th
Chapter Three: The Zagred Vault The mountains loomed in the distance as the SUV tore through the Croatian countryside, tires biting into the muddy trail. The sky was a smeared canvas of storm-grey clouds, and the tension inside the vehicle was thicker than the fog rolling across the ridgeline.Rom


















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