La mia farfalla

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Hadleih Carter's anger was her armor, a fiery wall protecting the wounds she swore no one would ever see. The people of Blue Ash knew her as the volatile redhead cop with a sharp tongue and quicker fists, but they didn't know what drove her-what haunted her dreams and whispered doubts into her waking hours. Secrets were her specialty, even if it meant her nightmares gnawed at her sanity.

But one night, her pursuit of justice-or perhaps vengeance-brought her face-to-face with Emiliono Vega. The soldier with the glacier eyes, a man as quiet and unreadable as the grave. Emiliono wasn't like the others she'd arrested or interrogated. His presence didn't scream trouble; it breathed it, cold and calculating. He didn't flinch under her fiery gaze, didn't bristle at her accusations. He simply stared, his icy eyes daring her to try and melt the glacier that guarded whatever was left of his soul.

What Hadleih didn't know was that Emiliono wasn't just running from a life of secrets-he was a secret. A living shadow tangled in operations darker than the city's crime-filled underbelly. And his latest mission would unravel everything Hadleih thought she knew about justice, loyalty, and the ghosts they both carried.

But when her past collides with his unyielding present, their worlds ignite. It's a collision of fire and ice, a battle of wills and vulnerabilities, and one that might destroy them both-or force them to confront truths they've buried so deep, even their nightmares couldn't find them.

The question isn't what Emiliono's hiding-it's what will happen when Hadleih finds out.