🌹 Sin in Silk ( ch : 1 )
Chapter One — The Invitation Lilith Ryden had always known the world wasn’t made for women like her. Not soft women. Not kind ones. Not women who survived their childhood with their skin intact but their soul in splinters. She moved through the world like a flame in a locked box—contained, dangerous, aching to burn. By day, she was the girl at the bookstore with coffee stains on her sleeves and dog-eared classics tucked in her bag. By night, she was nothing. Nothing but the girl who stared at her own reflection and wondered if anyone would ever truly see her. If anyone could ever own her without breaking her. Then came the letter. --- It was a Tuesday, cold and unspectacular. Rain clung to the windows of her third-story walk-up like fingertips begging to be let in. Lilith had just come home from work, her shoes soaked, her black trench coat heavier than her body could carry. She found the envelope on the floor just inside her door. No stamps. No return address. No footsteps on the hall...