Dedication and Author's note

🖤DEDICATION🖤

For those who learned early that kindness doesn't always protect you.

And to those who became monsters so others wouldn't have to.

🖤AUTHOR'S NOTE🖤

This is a dark romance story.

It contains violence, crime, morally grey characters, and psychologically intense situations.

Some scenes and themes may be disturbing or uncomfortable for certain readers.

This book does not glorify abuse, crime, or cruelty. It explores power, choice, consequence, morality, and the cost of survival-especially in a world where not everyone is innocent, and not every monster looks like one.

The characters in this story are flawed. They make dangerous decisions. They live double lives. Their actions are not meant to be role models, but reflections of a darker reality where survival often demands sacrifice.

If you are sensitive to themes involving violence, criminal underworlds, or dark emotional dynamics, please read with caution.

This story is intended for mature readers only.

Read responsibly.