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Death chose Seraphine Valen long before she ever had the chance to choose herself. At eighteen, she stands ankle-deep in the aftermath of a life erased-everyone she has ever loved reduced to silence and ruin around her. From that blood-soaked silence, she rises carrying something no mortal was ever meant to inherit: dominion over death itself. One touch ends a life. One thought bends annihilation to her will. And deep inside her, something dark has finally awakened... and it is starving. Her power does not go unnoticed. The Banes come first-nightmare-born creatures drawn to her like vultures to a dying world, desperate to claim the weapon she has become. As civilization fractures and reality begins to rot at the edges, Seraphine is forced to flee into something far worse than the world she left behind. Death's Castle. An ancient, shifting labyrinth where the walls remember every soul that has ever screamed within them. There, in the cold shadow of eternity, she finds she is not alone. A diviner who reads fate as it unravels thread by thread. A war-vampire, addicted to bloodshed as much as battle. And a brute whose silence hides a loyalty strong enough to crack bone. Together, they form an uneasy alliance-bound not by trust, but by survival. But Seraphine's awakening is only the beginning. As buried truths about her bloodline rise to the surface, she discovers a legacy stitched from both darkness and light-something older than kingdoms, older than gods, older even than death itself. And in the void beyond all things... something has been waiting for her.

Katrina Levour is used to being obeyed. She is the CEO of Levour Fashion, which means everyone in her life bends to her will. Her employees want promotions, her models want recognition, and her 'friends' want access to her life of glamour and luxury. Everyone in her life wants something from her, and they are willing to fake smiles and play nice to get it. Everyone except Coal. Coal is not nice. He is the most beautiful man to ever grace her camera, and yet he is unbearably arrogant and wildly disrespectful. And Katrina can't help but want to 'whip' him into shape. For Coal, and Coal alone, she decides to make a little time in her busy schedule for some 'fun'. Coal Ryder is no ordinary Model. At least he doesn't think so. He has been praised for his beauty since he was a child, and now, standing at 6'4 with rock-solid abs and a chiseled jaw, he is rising through the modeling ranks alarmingly fast. However, one person stands between him and his modeling dreams: Katrina Levour. She seems to hate everything about him. She saves only the the most embarrassing photo shoots for him and does everything in her power to torment him at work. However, Coal doesn't mind the torment. In fact, the longer he is around Katrina, the more he begins to crave her demeaning words and sharp tongue. What will happen when Katrina and Coal decide to take their fighting from work... to the bedroom.