“I didn’t ask for this,” Imani whispered, her voice cracking as the laptop screen bled darkness into her brightly lit office. One second she was celebrating the promotion of a lifetime. The next, she was trapped in a dying universe, holding the key to its salvation — and her own destruction. When Imani Lee wakes up five years later in the same office chair, everyone around her believes she simply vanished. But the artifact she carried back whispers secrets no one else can hear. And the man watching her from across the café with a child who shares her eyes knows the truth: some doors were never meant to be closed.A gripping mystery of lost time, hidden betrayals, and the terrifying price of destiny.

“You shouldn’t be here, Fiona,” his deep voice rasped against her ear, his hand still pressed against the wall behind her.“Then tell me to leave,” she whispered, her lips trembling inches from his. He didn’t move. He didn’t breathe. And in that moment, she knew he wanted her just as much as she wanted him.Fiona Harry has lived her whole life in a golden cage of wealth, reputation, and suffocating rules. University was supposed to be her escape, her first taste of freedom. But nothing could prepare her for the moment she came face-to-face with Professor Jalen Hart, her father’s best friend. One reckless night changes everything. A drunken mistake turns into an irresistible obsession, pulling her deeper into Jalen’s forbidden world. But secrets don’t stay hidden forever. Between Jude, her possessive friend who knows too much, Marian, Jalen’s wicked wife, and the dangerous power of desire, Fiona is about to risk not only hers and her family’s reputation but her entire future.And what happens when the truth comes out especially to Marian?