Severed Rivalry

Some people never get a second chance with their first love. For me, it's a dream I can't afford.
Growing up in a religious cult, I know loss, fear, and punishment.
Hope? That's a foreign concept.
Even if it's Cian Murphy.
From the moment I met him, I wanted him. He's the only man I've ever loved.
He tells me I'm his everything-an idea as gallant as the man himself.
But the hell I escaped never stops haunting me. Terror nips at my heels and breathes down my neck.
Cian swears he'll burn the world down to protect me, to protect us, but some things are too precious to risk, even for a chance at happily ever after.
I'd rather die than dance with the devil who wants me, and if Cian can't save me...
...I just might.