Knuckles and Knifes
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Last published Sun, May 11, 2025
He left without a word. Now she's back-with blood on her knuckles and revenge in her eyes.
After six years together, Rhea's world shatters when her boyfriend, Zayn, vanishes without a trace. No goodbye. No explanation. Just heartbreak and silence. But she doesn't fall apart-she trains, she bleeds, and she turns herself into someone unrecognizable: a fighter, a weapon, a girl with nothing to lose.
When Rhea steps into the underground fight ring for the first time, she's not expecting to see him-Zayn, with her name tattooed across his knuckles and no idea who she really is now. What he doesn't know? She's about to destroy everything he thought he knew.
But Zayn has secrets too. Dangerous ones.
And Rhea's about to learn that in this world of fists and lies, love and revenge might be the deadliest fight of all.
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