Power built their empires. A contract bound their names. Eliana Mili Salvador Moretti was born with ice in her veins and a crown of thorns at her feet. The heiress of La Cosa Nera, she is The Black Rose of Italy-a queen equally revered in boardrooms and feared in the underworld. Lucian Aris Constantin was forged in the shadows of the Balkan Syndicate, sculpted into a living weapon. The king of a blood-soaked empire, he is The King of the Balkan Shadows-a ruler whose silence is more terrifying than any threat. They were rivals before they learned strategy. Nemesis before they understood desire. But a hatred this profound is a blade that cuts both ways. And when venom turns to temptation,enemies don't become lovers. They become an addiction. And the only thing more dangerous than a war between them... is the spark that could consume them both. And if a love story could be darker- it would be theirs.

𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍-𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌. Milaya Omolola Oladokun, master of masks, queen of control... slipped. She knew the rules. She mastered the risks. But she paused her chessboard, only to realize the queen had fallen for the king..but Emran was already gone. Two years of silence were meant to bury it all. Even their reunion should have been the end. But she stepped back into the darkness anyway, drawn by an emptiness she called hope, by embers she dared to name flowers. What if she had chosen differently? What if she had run, never looked back, let the past remain the past? She underestimated -and it hurt. The Adeoyes never play fair. Not for the world. Not for the ones foolish enough to love them. The game was never over. It was never hers to play. Milaya stood in the ashes of her own hope, finally understanding: 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎..

Shadows met. Sparks ignited. Secrets collided. Destinies twisted into a knot of forbidden threads-unseen, unspoken, unstoppable. The unknown stirred beneath their skin, and fate didn't just shift-it shattered. The rules? Rewritten. The world? Never the same. --- Milaya Omolola Oladokun- Veiled in innocence, cloaked in contradiction. A soft smile hides sharp edges. Sweetness conceals shadow. Her beauty? Ethereal. Her presence? A paradox. She is silk and fire. Laughter and lies. A girl of two worlds-one above ground, one far beneath. She walks with grace... and secrets. And no one sees them. Not until it's too late. --- Emran Amari Adeoye- Darkness, personified. A storm in stillness. Eyes that don't just look-they own. A smile that plays at kindness but hides something colder. Smarter. He is the silence before a collapse. A force wrapped in black threads and sharp thoughts. Danger wears him like perfume. Every movement calculated. Every glance a chess move. He doesn't enter rooms. He shifts gravity. --- When they met- Not even the stars dare look. ---