[Siren Publishing: The Lynn Hagen ManLove Collection: Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Alternative, Paranormal, Vampires, Fantasy, Suspense, MM, HEA] Some are haunted by their past. Others carve their destiny from the ashes. I was never meant to rule. Never meant to lead. I was never meant to survive. But power is a cruel inheritance, carving my name into history. I have spent years running—from my past, from my name, from the blood staining my hands. But the past is not so easily buried. And now, standing in the wreckage, I find him. He is a reminder of all I cannot have. Too fierce to break, too fragile to withstand the storm I bring. He should have turned away, should have run. Instead, he looks at me like I’m something worth saving. His touch unearths parts of me forgotten, awakening something I cannot name. For him, I will fight the past that haunts me. For him, I will face the tragedy I have long avoided. For Noam, I will raze the past to the ground.