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The room smelled of expensive cedar and old blood. Elena sat on the edge of the velvet sofa, her hands trembling as she smoothed the lace of her dress—the very fabric that had cost her her freedom.

He leaned in, his breath warm against her ear. "But I’ve always found lace far more interesting when it’s being unraveled. From now on, you don't pay me in shipments. You pay me in time. Every hour you spend in this house is one button off your debt." Botones_y_encaje_Penelope_Sky.epub

Across from her sat Julian, a man whose reputation was written in the scars on his knuckles and the coldness of his eyes. He didn’t look like a monster; he looked like a king, and that made him infinitely more dangerous. The room smelled of expensive cedar and old blood

Elena felt a shiver race down her spine—not of fear, but of a terrifying, magnetic pull she couldn't explain. She was trapped in his web, woven together by secrets and silk. "How many buttons?" she managed to ask. "But I’ve always found lace far more interesting

The narrative centers on a high-stakes world of underground debts and power struggles. The protagonist, Pearl, finds herself caught in a dangerous arrangement with a man named Crow.

Julian leaned back, his silhouette casting a long shadow across the room. "The number doesn't matter as much as the loyalty behind them. In this house, you learn that value is defined by the one who holds the ledger."