Asclepius
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Two criminology students set out to find the perfect case study-until one of them is kidnapped by a rising mafia underdog. As the other races to save her, they're dragged into a violent power struggle between rival factions. Will they escape the underworld, fall into the hands of a terrifying mafia kingpin, or be forced to choose sides in a war they never meant to start?
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At seventeen, I was just another foster kid....until Carlos Salazar made me believe in forever. A reckless smile. Dangerous charm. A touch that burned. For one fleeting moment, he was everything. Until the night he left me broken. Now I'm twenty-two. An assassin. My world runs on blood and contracts, not love. The girl he knew is buried.But the cartel doesn't care about scars, and fate doesn't care about promises. My new assignment? Protect the man who ruined me. He doesn't recognize me. I remember everything. The lies. The scars. The night that turned me into this. Carlos wants the sweet girl he lost. But someone else has already seen the woman I've become...sharp, dangerous, untouchable. In his world, softness is a liability. He doesn't promise comfort. He promises survival. I swore I'd never love again. But between the man who shattered me and the one who offers no mercy at all, my heart becomes a battlefield. And when the truth finally bleeds out, all that's left are sinners.....with watercolour eyes. -Really slow burn(kinda) -Dark romance -Assassin FMC -Enemies to lovers -Love triangle -Obsession
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