OF SCARLET AND SHADOW
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One deal. Two enemies. A love that could burn an empire.
Raiya resents the city that pushed her to sell her body for survival. She has given up on freedom-until rumors of an enemy invasion stir hope for escape or destruction.
Ezra is an enemy spy sent to destroy the city from within. Cold. Ruthless. Deadly. Until he lands on Raiya's doorstep with a plan that could get them both killed.
They strike a dangerous deal. But as tension turns to heat, and survival turns to something else entirely, Raiya must choose: betray the city that broke her... or risk her heart on the enemy who might save it.
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