A Miserable Love

Winter was taken by the same people who killed her parents before she turned twelve. Since then, she had been a plaything for the cruel Leone siblings, trapped in a life of misery.

Yet every time she saw the boy she once loved, she couldn't bring herself to leave — even if it meant clinging to a hopeless future with the saint who wore a devil's smile.

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"What should I do, Winter?" he asked, his tone barely a whisper.

He hesitated, his grip tightening around her slightly. "I feel like... if I let you go, I’ll be miserable for the rest of my life."