{"product_id":"scared-of-the-dark","title":"Scared Of The Dark","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlaska Mensah is the kind of woman people notice immediately for her mismatched eyes. As beautiful as she is, something about her feels off.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer beauty is effortless—deep-toned skin, soft features, and eyes that stop people in their tracks: one a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewarm brown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the other a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estriking blue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It’s a detail that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunsettles \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emesmerizes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eall at once.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlaska has always felt like too much. Love, pain, energy—everything moves through her in ways she can’t \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003econtrol\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or put into words. It’s a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egift\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e… and a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eburden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tied to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epowerful bloodline\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e she was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eborn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e into.\u003cbr\u003eBecause Alaska is not alone.\u003cbr\u003eThere is another \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epresence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e inside her.\u003cbr\u003eHer name is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAncient\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey share \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eone body\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—but they are not the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esame woman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Where Alaska is soft, loving, and deeply connected, Ancient is cold, fearless, and ruled by survival. She doesn’t believe in attachment. She creates chaos, breaks bonds, and destroys anything that threatens their control. And Alaska is the one forced to live with it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Iraq\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e enters her life—and everything begins to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshift\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe’s quiet, self-made, and impossible to ignore. A man shaped by pain, but never controlled by it. He doesn’t chase—he chooses. His presence is calm, calculated… \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edangerous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in a way that isn’t obvious at first glance. But with Alaska, he becomes something she’s never known from a man—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epeace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Ancient doesn’t believe in peace. To her, love like that isn’t healing—it’s a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e weakness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethreat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e that needs to be \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eeliminated\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. And the deeper Alaska falls, the more dangerous Ancient becomes. Because the real danger was never the world around her. It was always the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewar within\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912440045759,"sku":"5ae0afb2-704f-41dc-91a5-0092285ded9b","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/eecb704aa1f751d411113416fb47336a.jpg?v=1785008309","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/scared-of-the-dark","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}