ShortMax-SixSix

For five years, Serena Sterling was her husband's punching bag. Silas Vance — the cold musical genius — beat her black and blue, then locked her out of his life while letting his “muse” in. She walked away with nothing but bruises. Three weeks later, Silas smashed his studio door down, begging on his knees — but Serena was already riding through red-rock canyons, free at last. The man who broke her finally understood: he lost the only person who ever kept him alive.