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He was made to disappear. She was born to survive. Neither of them planned to feel. Kateno Rivera has always lived in the shadows-trained to infiltrate, dismantle, and vanish without a trace. A former black-level operative with blood on his hands and ghosts in his silence, he's built a life of precision and detachment. Until her. Eloise doesn't trust easily-not after the world burned everything she cared for. Cold-eyed, guarded, and fierce beyond her years, she's carved a place for herself among rebels and survivors. But when a silent storm like Kato starts orbiting her space, something shifts. Their connection is sharp. Unearned. Dangerous. What begins as mutual wariness turns into something far more tangled-loyalty, heat, and vulnerability neither of them can afford. Because getting close means opening wounds. And in a war built on betrayal, closeness can be fatal. But some scars don't stay buried. And some people aren't meant to heal alone. Carved by Blood is a searing, slow-burn companion novel in the Framed of Blood universe, where love doesn't save-but it might be the one thing worth surviving for.