For Alexis, every day is a battle against the endless noise inside her mind. Crowded thoughts, overwhelming emotions, and a constant sense of isolation have become part of her life. Then one chance encounter changes everything. A stranger's touch brings something she hasn't felt in years-Quietness

Behind the walls of their perfect-looking home, she lived a life no one knew about. To everyone else, she was the devoted wife of a powerful man. But behind closed doors, she was trapped in a marriage filled with fear, control, and pain. For years, she stayed silent. She forgave. She endured. Until one day, something inside her changed. She realized that surviving him was not the same as living for him. Now, the woman he believed he could control is finally standing on her own feet. He may have taken away her confidence, her freedom, and years of her life-but he could never take away the strength she had buried inside herself. He thought he had broken his wife. He was wrong. Because sometimes, the woman you try hardest to destroy becomes the woman you can never defeat.

ASHES OF KYOTO - 京都の灰 Kyoto. An era where samurai rule the streets, ninja clans operate from the shadows, and ancient secrets refuse to stay buried. Kaze Sōne escaped the life chosen for her. Born into the Sōne clan, she was raised to become a weapon. Instead, she chose another life-a life as a geiko, far away from bloodshed, missions, and the clan that raised her. With her husband, Kenji Taketsuna, she finally believes she has found peace. Then the dreams begin. A stranger's voice. A dying man. A mark beneath her skin that she cannot explain. And somewhere beneath Kyoto, an ancient Scroll begins to awaken. The Scroll has chosen Kaze. And with that choice comes a decision that has destroyed lives for generations: Revenge. Or Balance. One could turn Kyoto against itself. The other will take her soul. As the Sōne clan closes in and the line between memory and reality begins to disappear, Kaze must uncover the truth behind the Scroll-and the forgotten souls trapped within it. Because the most dangerous thing about the past... is that it remembers you.