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Power was never something I stumbled into; I forged it. As CEO Calla Black by day and the masked dominatrix known only as The Black Dahlia by night, I built a life that kept everyone at a distance. Control kept me safe. Rules kept me steady. And then James Carter Jr walked into my world with his slow Southern charm and a hunger that matched the darkness I thought I had buried. I could handle him. I convinced myself I could.

What I never expected was her.

Amiyah Patterson is soft in all the ways I never learned to be. She is sunshine and sweetness wrapped around sharp intuition. She sees me in ways that terrify me. She sees James too, coaxing out the parts of him he tries to hide. Together they shift the ground beneath my feet, testing every rule I swore I would never break.

Desire becomes a living thing when the three of us collide. James offers submission wrapped in strength. Amiyah blooms under my touch and his. I find myself wanting both of them in ways that defy logic, craving the way they unravel me with hands, mouths, and loyalty.

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