𝙇𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨. Everyone has a shadow. But Maeve's doesn't just follow-it breathes. Bullied, unloved, and trapped between sanity and madness, Maeve lives in a world that's never been kind to her. The voices of mockery and hate never stopped, not from her classmates, teachers, or even her own family. Until one night, her reflection moved before she did. From her pain, something was born. A devil created from her despair, bound by her life energy, loyal only to her. In a reality where darkness can think and mirrors remember, Maeve must learn to control the creature that mirrors her soul. Because the more Malik learns to live, the more the world begins to fear the girl whose shadow smiles back.

[BIRTHDAY 2025] 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙩. Veronika Lopez writes to save hearts from breaking. Under the pen name VikaZole, her dark romances serve as haunting warnings against the toxic pull of dangerous men. At forty, she believes she's seen every red flag-until she becomes the fixation of the one man she can't outrun. He is a man whose surname is a powerhouse across the country-a cold, workaholic billionaire behind a retail empire who values bitter coffee and absolute control. When he discovers the raw, aching prose of VikaZole, his curiosity turns into a predatory obsession. He is used to acquiring whatever he desires, and now, he has set his sights on the woman behind the words. In a game of ink and influence, can the teacher of caution survive her own dark romance?