"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐟 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞"

"His love was a cage-not to trap her, but to keep her safe in a world that had broken him."

Zain Vierk was never meant to be this. The world had molded him into something he wasn't. He was born with the purest of hearts, an angel among men, but society's cruel hand twisted him, turning him into a villain. He was the embodiment of pain-betrayed by those he loved, cursed by the weight of the sins that weren't his to bear.

In the eyes of the world, he was the most powerful mafia king-a ruthless, cold-hearted monster. No one knew the boy who had been cast aside, used as a pawn in games he never asked to play. The one who had felt the sting of betrayal at the hands of those he had trusted most.

But beneath the mask of the psychopath, the sinner, the devil, Zain was still a child-someone who craved love, care, and affection. He longed for the things he had never been given, the things he was denied. He built walls so high to protect the shattered pieces of his heart, but there was one person who had slipped past them.

Athira Bansal.

She had been the only one to show him kindness when the world had shown him nothing but hate. The only one to care for him when everyone else abandoned him. She was the light in his darkness, the one who saw him for who he truly was. And for that, he would have given her the world.

But when she disappeared, Zain's world crumbled. Without her, he was left to fend off the darkness alone. Now, years later, she reappears, but not in the way he had hoped. The woman he once adored has become a stranger-one who rejects him, turning away from the man he's become.

This time, Zain will not let her go. He will make her his, no matter the cost. The world may call him a monster, but for Athira, he will become the devil she cannot resist.

---pls read the introduction