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"Roses don't scream when they die... but they bleed fragrance."
Élian Vervain Thorne, head chef of the majestic Ravelle Palace, hides a past cloaked in kitchen smoke and the scent of blood.
One night, he discovers a locket buried among withered roots... and with it, a name he was never meant to remember: Cassia Étoile D'Arvenelle.
She's back.
But not as a child. Not as a memory.
She returns as a promise of love... or a sentence of death.
Amid lavish banquets, unhealed wounds, and secrets sealed in flame, Élian and Cassia must face what memory tried to bury:
a story marked by the taste of oblivion, forbidden desire, and a crime that was never brought to justice.
How far can a chef go to redeem himself?
And how far can a rose go... to never die again?