A Snake Entwining Flowers

Content Warning: Some scenes in this work may contain violent or s*xual content. Please be warned before reading. Charlotte Hegel heads to Mistymoor Hall after hearing the news that her mother is in critical condition. There, she meets a man named Richard Kensington, the younger brother of the Earl of Kensington. With his eerily handsome appearance and polite demeanor, Charlotte feels an instinctive sense of danger from him. He seems to change coldly at a moment’s notice. She tries to distance herself from him, but like prey caught in a snake’s grip, she finds herself increasingly unable to escape his clutches. *** “Why are you trying to run away?” Richard smirked as he looked down at ...