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Shiloh Mercer built an empire on discipline, precision, and control. Power was earned. Power was protected. Nothing was allowed close enough to threaten what had been built.

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Then Elia enters the picture.

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What begins as an unexpected connection becomes the one variable Shiloh cannot account for—not because of betrayal, but because Elia is still disentangling herself from a marriage that refuses to let go.

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Anthony doesn’t believe in endings.
He believes in entitlement.

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As Elia tries to reclaim her life, Anthony escalates—unwilling to accept loss, unwilling to relinquish control, and determined to reassert himself at any cost. What starts as personal quickly becomes strategic, turning loyalty into leverage and proximity into danger.

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As lines blur and stakes rise, discipline collides with desire, fragile ego meets resistance, and power is tested by the one thing it cannot dominate.

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Because when love enters the room, empires don’t just crack.

They incinerate.