Mari190221
In a world devastated by the plague, where the walking dead roam and humanity hides behind fortified walls, Aria is a young survivor. Her life in Colony 7 is a monotony of watch duty and fear... until her eyes meet those of a different kind of "Wanderer." He is not like the others; in his amber eyes, there is a spark, a vestige of consciousness that separates him from the mindless horror.
She names him Quéd, and despite the revulsion, despite the mortal danger, Aria is irresistibly drawn to his cold, decomposing presence. Every night, she risks her life, defying the rules of survival, to meet him in the no man's land. Their encounters are a macabre dance of prohibition and desire, where Aria's living body clashes against Quéd's icy skin, finding a form of intimacy that transcends life and death.
But their secret does not go unnoticed. Lena, a relentless patrol partner, grows suspicious, detecting the "smell of outside" and the change in Aria. With the threat of being discovered and burned as a traitor, Aria is forced to make a desperate choice: to choose between the false security of the Colony and the perilous freedom alongside the zombie who has awakened her soul.
In an explosion of chaos, Aria flees into the wasteland, carrying only a knife, a few provisions, and the hope that Quéd understood her call. Together, the living woman and the dead man, they must navigate a world in ruins, facing hordes of Wanderers and the relentless pursuit of Lena, who hunts them with a puritanical fury.
"Ashes and Desire" is a dark erotic novel that explores the boundaries of love, obsession, and survival in the apocalypse. Can passion truly bloom between life and death? And how far is a woman willing to go to protect the most forbidden love of all?