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When Soren makes a desperate bargain to prove he's untouchable, he gets assigned a keeper—Killian—who seems perfectly content to watch him self-destruct rather than save him. What should be a straightforward curse becomes something far more dangerous: a twisted dance of manipulation and dares that slowly reveals the broken people hiding behind their carefully constructed masks. As Killian's facades crack and Soren's superiority complex crumbles, their volatile dynamic transforms into something unexpectedly vulnerable—but an outside threat is closing in, forcing them to decide what they're willing to risk for each other. This is a darkly captivating story about two damaged souls learning to see past their own defenses.
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