Mariana no longer flinches at the shadows. She's learned to live among them, to live with me. Her innocence has frayed, twisted by the dark world I've pulled her into, where danger is constant, and loyalty is lethal. She's no longer just the sweet bookshop owner—I've watched her change, watched her sharpen, as she clings to me even as my enemies draw closer.

The threats are no longer whispers in the dark; they're real, close enough to taste, and they all want her blood for daring to be mine. My life has painted her hands with the same darkness, and now she faces a choice: stay beside me and risk everything, or break away from a world that's become her prison. She knows too much, and in my world, there is no forgiveness for that.

This isn't just love; it's survival, a deadly bond between us that tightens with every threat, every brush with death. As my enemies close in, as her heart turns darker, she must decide—does she stay, or will the dangers finally tear us apart?