Red Thorns

For years, their rivalry was legend. She was the heart. He was the blade. And when they were announced as co-finalists for the prestigious Aureum Design Prize, the fashion world held its breath. Two visions. Two empires. One crown.

But rivalry has a way of revealing more than talent.

In stolen glances over sketchbooks, in arguments that felt too personal, and in the silence between pins and cloth, something unexpected began to grow. Not friendship-never that. Something more dangerous.

What do you do when the person you're meant to destroy starts to feel like the only one who sees you?

In a world that rewards masks, Calexta and Akileam were learning how to be honest-in art, in ambition, and in emotion. But love has never been safe in the fashion industry.

And when you fall for your rival, every thorn draws blood.

It's a war-with stitches, stilettos, and hearts on the line.