The Archive Room Above the Chapel
When Mara agrees to inventory the records of a deconsecrated chapel before its sale, she expects dust, damaged ledgers, and a difficult weekend. Instead, she finds a locked archive room, annulment files no one mentioned, and Julian Cross waiting beneath the bell tower with a warning tied directly to her
He Found Her in the Winter Greenhouse
When Amira returns to her family estate to prepare for a wedding she no longer wants, she finds the greenhouse locked, the flowers dying, and Elias waiting inside with a truth that could ruin everything.