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Intro. They were not men. But they were very good at pretending to be. Six bodyguards, hired under sealed contracts, moving into her father’s estate with military precision. They wore human faces, human clothes, and human patience. Their secret—vampire and werewolf blood fused into something older—was buried beneath discipline and silence. Humans were not meant to notice them. Elara didn’t. She only thought they were strange.

Fangs Behind Silk Gloves

@The Ghost