Tangled Hearts: Betrayal in the Shadows

idewalks, Emma Patterson hurried along, her white nurse's uniform a stark contrast against the urban backdrop. With her chestnut hair pulled

he nuns who had raised her in the orphanage. For as long as she could remember, she had dedicated her

spent years searching for her missing brother, the only family she had left in the world. With each passing day

ust days earlier—a cryptic message hinting at the possibility of a breakthrough in her search. Clutching the wo

any desk of his corner office, his piercing blue eyes fixed on the panoramic view of the skyline beyond. As the CE

tirelessly to bury beneath layers of wealth and power. Orphaned at a young age, Alexander had

amount of money or power could fill. A void left by the betrayal of th

the feeling of emptiness that gnawed at his insides. For years, he had built walls around his heart, shielding

a faded snapshot of a young boy with tousled blond hair and bright green eyes. It was

hed them aside, burying them beneath a mask of indifference. H

the feeling that something was missing. That somewhere

exander moved through the streets of New York, their paths destined to cr

ach haunted by the ghosts of their pasts, their hearts

the sun, the promise of a new day spurring her into action. With practiced efficiency, she would prepare herself for