[18+] MATURE CONTENT ⚠️ "I will corrupt you, ruin you and tear you down at every chance." He whispered, breathing softly against the shell of my ear. "In every waking moment." "I will haunt you every step of the way, like a shadow that consumes you, until you're drowning." I returned, trying to shove at his chest. "Plagued by me." "You can try." He taunted me, and his lips curled into a devious grin as I held my breath. "But in the end little demon, retribution is all that you'll be left with." I almost smiled. "Well, it's only a matter of time before I chip away at the surface and lies on the lips of a Saint." ───────────────────── S Y N O P S I S Imaani Nurr is set to marry the man of every woman's dream. After the firm upbringing she's had, she's determined for a taste of freedom and hopes that a union with an established and handsome businessman of her parents choosing will allow her that -even if their relationship is based on a complete lie. Saint Faris is not the man everybody perceives him to be. He's calculatingly cold, ruthless, has a penchant for keeping dark and twisted secrets and is on a personal mission to destroy anything that he sets his eyes on -no matter how docile and demure at first glance. After all even salt looks like sugar. He vows to corrupt her... She vows to break him... But will the weight of their traumas and experiences tie them down together instead?