Empath Awakening: a Dark Omegaverse Cinderella Retelling Controllers Book

Previously published as The Awakening by L.V. LaneShe was sold to the Empire. He’ll cross moral lines to claim her and break every rule to keep her safe.They call it awakening. Mine began the day my stepmother sold me to the Empire.She took the money. I took the serum. And when the haze cleared, I emerged as an empath.At first, I thought it was freedom—a chance to leave the house that had become my prison.But it wasn’t the end of my troubles.What happens inside the program is a secret.A mate?My choice, they said.Only they lied. And powerful men who covet an empath don’t play by the rules.He swore to cherish and protect me, but his protection feels a lot like possession. And now I’m trapped in a new kind of cage.My awakening isn’t done with me.And the kind of man who broke the rules to claim me will break them all again to keep me safe.Empath Awakening is a dark omegaverse age-gap romance set in a dystopian empire where power, obsession, and survival blur the line between love and control.