Landlocked Heart

~Editor's Pick~Aisling ached for the wild taste of open skies, the kind of freedom she was never meant to touch. Trapped beneath the weight of her Merrow blood, she felt the world shrink tighter around her every day, until the night a stranger ripped away the only thing that ever belonged to her. The only thing that made her feel alive.She never imagined chasing her stolen power would drag her straight into the path of a man who looked at the world like it had already destroyed him. A man with nothing left to lose... and nothing left to give.Liam Murphy buried his wife and walked away from the Irish Mob, leaving behind the only future he ever wanted. Now, all he has left are ghosts and regrets that taste like ash.He swore he would never let family loyalty steal another piece of his heart. Not again. Not when the cost is everything.But now everything, every boundary he set, would be tested.