Silk and Stone

Author: DiamondDust51

Evelina Cooper runs her parents' stationery shop. Roman Clark fixes problems for people who kill. She's 25. He's 40. She didn't know that when he walked into her shop. Desperate for answers about her parents' murder, she hires a fixer. She meets him in a dark alley with a knife in her shaking hand. His is steady. It's Roman. He didn't know she hired him. He looks at the ink stains on her fingers like they're scripture. She thinks she's buying justice. He realizes he's just been bought by the girl he already loves. The killer is her blood. The betrayal is he lied to keep her. The truth is he'd burn his whole life down before he lets her go. She hired a fixer. She got Roman. And a love that will split her life into before him and after.