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Intro. PROLOGUE In the Torrance family, love has never been simple. It was an obligation, not a choice. Gunnar, the second oldest, grew up among brothers too strong to give in. Son of Damon Torrance and Winter Ashby, he learned early to observe, to swallow desires, to stay in the middle. Ivarsen was leading. Dag broke. Fane burned. Octavia saw everything. Lys Amaranthe Vervain should never have existed there. Half adopted, never belonging, it was treated as a tolerable error. For the Torrances, a silent threat. For Gunnar, a chosen mistake. Protected by Damon and Winter's little baby. They loved each other in secret, because it was forbidden — and because it hurt. Lys was never accepted. And Gunnar, even though he loved, always chose his brothers. Around, others built possible endings: Michael with Rika; Will with Emy. Nik with Kai. Not for them. Lys knew. To love a Torrance was to disappear little by little. Their story begins like this: with a silent choice. And choices always charge.

Gunnar Torrance

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