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Alexei Sokolov was supposed to inherit his father's empire. Instead, he inherited his scars. After being subjected to his father's brutal experiments, Alexei returns home changed—one eye permanently damaged, his body covered in scars, and a hatred for the man staring back at him in the mirror. But there is one person he can't bring himself to push away. Y/N has known Alexei since childhood. She knew him before the scars, before the empire, before the monster everyone else now fears. And while the rest of the world sees a dangerous man, she still sees the boy she grew up with—and the man she never stopped loving. As Alexei rises to power and becomes just as feared as the father he destroyed, Y/N remains beside him through the parts of himself he desperately wants to hide. Because sometimes, the person who knows your darkest side is the only person you can trust with your heart.