Elena Rowan, trapped in Ve_;/
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Tra:+ p, m /a .)kes a ;]deal w ]ith Lucian Noir—he$^r bod y fo[[r freed:=om. )+[^H@e*@* c+ontro ,^ls her, while sh@e longs for Julian Vane, her lost\ love. After Julian returns, Elena +-endur?es humiliati)\on,$ betrayal, an\d her mot\,h/*er ^’s illness!. Lucia
.]n prot%ect?;s her, but his ob[\session deepens. E_^@len-a dis%!]cove[ r 
s the.re %=are two Julians—one is an impos# tor#:(. She tries to. uncove`r ;the truth, bu t Lucian dismisses her. Torn betwee!;n two -` men, El/ena\ s#t #ru.%
ggl-es to brea`
k fr_/e\_.e :and find(:[ he`r own path.