Evelynn Wilhelm was born with fire in her veins and steel in her hands. A warrior forged by blood and honed by discipline, she moves with lethal precision. She doesn't just survive, she dominates. However, when KAIROS and their fiercest rival, LUNAE, strike a dangerous alliance, Evelynn becomes collateral, forced into an "arranged bond" with the heir of LUNAE's top-ranked family. Her freedom is gone, her life no longer entirely her own. Then there's Adrian Hayes. Dark, reckless, and irresistible. He is everything she shouldn't want - and the one she can't stop craving. As enemies circle, secrets twist into knives, and betrayal lurks closer than she dares to see, Evelynn must make a choice: obey the destiny carved for her by KAIROS... or burn it all for the man who could destroy her. In a world where power is survival and love is weakness, Evelynn is about to learn that the deadliest battle is always the one fought in the heart.

Power built their world. Betrayal will burn it down. Xavier Cage buried his past beneath a new name and a trail of blood. But when whispers rise of the man who destroyed his family, Xavier Corvus claws his way back into the underworld - hungrier, crueler, and ready to reclaim the empire that was stolen from him. Ophidia Tarot has spent her life dancing on the edge of danger - raised in the shadows of a criminal dynasty, silenced by secrets, and haunted by a father who vanished when she needed him most. When a stranger moves into the estate next door with a smile like venom and eyes on her sister, Ophidia plunges into the criminal world her family once ruled... hunting help from a ghost. She doesn't know his name. But he knows hers. And he's been watching. He calls himself Cage. She calls herself Isa. Neither is telling the truth. As their paths collide in a world of shifting loyalties, masked identities, and whispered threats, desire becomes a weapon - and obsession becomes a war. He wants revenge. She wants freedom. But some games are built to destroy everyone who plays. Velvet Ashes is a dark romance full of brutal power plays, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers tension, dangerous lies, and the kind of love that ruins - and resurrects.