Blood and Redemption

I was never meant to be this man.

Once, I believed in honor, in family. After my father was murdered, I became something else—something ruthless. I did what I had to do to keep our name from turning to dust. I bled for it. Killed for it. In the end, I still lost everything.
Now, I’ve got nothing left. No empire. No purpose. No family. Just regrets and a past littered with the people I’ve hurt.
I should walk away. Let it all burn.
But then he takes me in—my closest friend, the only man still willing to stand by me. And that’s when I see her. His little sister, an angel in disguise. Innocent, sweet, untouched by the kind of darkness that poisons men like me.
She doesn’t flinch when she looks at me. Doesn’t turn away from the monster I’ve become. Instead, she patches me up, whispers kindness into the cracks of my soul, and makes me crave something I have no right to want.
Forgiveness.
I’ve spent years breaking things—people, trust, my own soul. Now, for the first time, I want to fix what I destroyed.
But redemption doesn’t come easy, and neither does love. And if I’m not careful, I’ll lose the one thing I never saw coming—her.