Ashes of Innocence 18+

Book One In the Ashes Series

She was born to be used.
He was born to destroy.

Chhavi has never known freedom. Raised by men who see her as nothing more than a bargaining chip, she has spent her life being controlled, silenced, and stripped of choices. Every glance, every touch, every breath she takes-it all belongs to them. Until the day they hand her over to Him.

Cold. Merciless. Unyielding. He is not her salvation-he is her new cage. A man who doesn't need chains to keep her bound, just a look. He doesn't touch her, yet she feels him everywhere. He doesn't love her, yet his obsession seeps into her skin. His presence is suffocating, his voice a whispered promise of ruin. And she should hate him for it.

But hate is a fickle thing, and somewhere in the darkness between them, it twists into something else. Something sinful. Something far more dangerous.

Then, just when she dares to believe he might be different, he shatters her completely. A betrayal drenched in blood. A night steeped in pain. And a love that was never meant to exist.

Now, she is nothing but wreckage. But even the ruined know how to burn.

When innocence turns to ashes, will love rise from the embers?
Or will she set fire to the man who broke her first?

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