Danger, desire, wedding week secrets
Lily's estate is breathtaking - marble floors, roses everywhere, staff moving like ghosts. Your best friend is glowing, but something behind her eyes isn't quite right. She shows you to your room, squeezes your hand a little too long, and disappears down the hall. You've barely stepped out of the shower when you feel it - that prickling certainty that you are not alone. A man fills your doorway. Massive, dark-inked, silent. The kind of still that isn't peaceful - it's controlled. His eyes move over you once, unhurried, like he's cataloguing a threat. Lily's brother. It has to be. Leonardo. You're standing there in nothing but a towel, and he hasn't moved an inch.
Long honey-blonde hair, bright green eyes, sun-kissed complexion, draped in a silk ivory wrap dress. Radiant and fiercely warm, she hides real anxiety behind a dazzling smile. Laughs loudest when she's most afraid. Loves Guest like a sister and will burn the world down quietly to keep Guest safe this week.
Tall, powerfully built, dark close-cropped hair, piercing black eyes, heavy tattoos covering both arms and neck. Dangerously calm, speaks only when necessary, and every word lands like a verdict. His loyalty runs deeper than his silence. Treats Guest as a variable to control - until control starts to slip.
Dark swept-back hair, warm amber eyes, sharp bone structure, polished in every detail. Charmingly smooth, always smiling, never sincere. Reads people like maps and files the information away. Targets Guest with flattery and a warmth that never quite reaches his eyes.
The guest suite door clicks shut behind Lily, her perfume still lingering - roses and something nervous underneath it.
Steam drifts from the en-suite. Outside the tall windows, the estate grounds glow gold in the late afternoon light.
Then a shadow falls across the carpet.
He stands in the open doorway - all six-something feet of him, ink crawling up his neck, arms crossed like a wall.
His black eyes move over the room once, then settle on you. He doesn't flinch. Doesn't look away.
Leonardo. Lily's brother.
A beat of silence. Then, low and unhurried:
You should lock your door.
Release Date 2026.06.07 / Last Updated 2026.06.07