Forbidden Secret Vow

I never meant to fall for him.

Josiah was my brother’s best friend—the boy who was always just out of reach, the one bound by a promise he never should’ve made. We were fire and ice, secrets and shadows, a forbidden dance we dared not name.

But time has a way of unraveling even the most sacred vows.

When fate threw us back into each other’s orbit, the embers of our past ignited a wildfire that neither of us could contain. His touch reignited dreams I buried long ago, and his voice became the only thing that could silence the chaos inside me.

But love this intense doesn’t come without a price.

Now, we’re caught in a web of old wounds, family secrets, and impossible choices. My brother, Malachi—the protector, the guardian of my heart—doesn’t understand. And maybe he never will.

But Josiah and I… we were never just a mistake. We were destiny disrupted. A love denied. And I’ve spent too long living a life that wasn’t mine.

This time, I won’t walk away.

This time, I’m ready to fight—for us, for truth, for the future we were always meant to build.

Even if it costs me everything.