PROMISE PUNISHMENT
♦ ♦ ♦ 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥. 𝐅𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 They say angels only exist in heaven. They’re wrong. Some are born into hell and learn to survive. I was seventeen when I saved a beautiful stranger from dying in an abandoned garden. He promised to kill the villain in my nightmares. Instead, he shattered my life. At twenty-three, I’m still running from the evil in my past, and the stranger who betrayed me. He’s back. Colder, and in a position to destroy me again. I hide in a gilded mansion where elites play, falling for a masked man who makes my body come alive. But some prisoners earn favors. And some saviors keep deadly promises. 𝐖𝐞𝐬 They say monsters are made, not born. They’re right. Cruelty came from my father. Survival came from the girl who healed me when I was meant to die. She was a glimmer in the darkness, then she betrayed me. Or so ...