Liliana wasn't Blackheart's biological daughter. She had been a trophy—one of three girls captured in a brutal ambush against rival slavers.
All three were meant to fetch a high price in the underground market, beautiful and brimming with potential. Their memories were erased to forget their families and former lives.
At first, Blackheart treated them like prized possessions. They dined on gourmet food, wore luxurious clothes, and were addressed with respect, as if they were young noblewomen.
The girls, naive and brainwashed, believed Blackheart was a rough man with a hidden heart of gold.
But that illusion shattered as they grew older. When their bodies began to mature, so did Blackheart's dark, twisted desires.
