They call me the Don of New York, and they fear the name. Power and respect - all I've ever known since the Mafia learned I wasn't asking for permission.Ā ButĀ to Lily, my name is nothing but The Monster, a truth I can't deny.Ā At the end of the day,Ā my name is Killian.
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She is someone I never anticipated, a disruption to my carefully ordered world,Ā as singular as the liliesĀ I once offered Marie, the woman that used to show me the light whenĀ my shadows were coming out to play.
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I offered Lily a life beyond the cage, but now, the darkness that made me king is closing in, threatening to consume us both. I can feel my past is about to destroy my present.
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This time, there's no escape. The only way to keep her on track may be to become the very thing she fearsāa monster that can make things happen. ButĀ can I protect Lily from the monster... when that monster is me?