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The Cunning

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Reads 255,806
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Parts 27
Time 2h 19m

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Everything changed the night they took her.

Ripped from her mundane life, Madison is thrust into the violent world of trafficking, where her only choices are to adapt-or die. 

Jase, her captor, is as cruel and unrelenting as the men who pay him. Cold, calculating, and fiercely loyal to the underworld he serves, Jase thrives on being in control.

But Madison was never going to be anyone's average victim. Relentlessly cunning, she ignites something lethal within Jase. As the lines between predator and prey blur, Madison is drawn deeper into Jase's dark orbit, while he finds himself captivated in ways he can't afford to admit.

In a world where trust is a death sentence and love is nothing but a punchline, there are no heroes - only the willing and the unwilling. Madison must decide just how willing she is before her time runs out.

Gritty, raw and unapologetically dark, The Cunning explores the razor thin edge between survival and destruction - and the forbidden passion that lives there.


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