What She Kept

She kept the tie clip.

Sterling silver. Monogrammed. It had belonged to a man who walked free while his victim crumbled in a courthouse hallway. Trinity Slade watched the verdict land. She followed the rules. She believed in the system.

That was before.

Now she has a collection. Small objects. Relics. Evidence of patterns the courts refuse to see. Each one a piece of a man who deserved consequences.

Sebastian Pell understands what she's becoming. He saw it before she did. The moment she stopped being an advocate and started being something else. He doesn't try to save her. He doesn't want her saved.

He wants her—and he wants her dangerous.

This is not a story about redemption. It's not a story about healing. It's the story of a woman who stopped waiting for justice and started building her own altar.

What She Kept is a prequel dark romance novella and the origin of Trinity Slade.

The beginning of the Private Sins series.