Ashes Between Us | Kaneki Ken

Phoenix Takada had always believed in justice.

Or at least, she used to. Back when her hands were clean and her soul wasn't lined with fractures. Back before her life had been carved into careful silences and brittle smiles. Before Akira Nakamura-respected Ghoul Investigator, rising star at the CCG, and the man the Bureau praised-became her personal cage.

Four years. Four long years she had worn the mask of the perfect partner. Not just in the field, but behind closed doors. No one saw the bruises hidden beneath long sleeves. No one heard the way her breath caught when he raised his voice. He was charming. Polished. A hero in the public eye. And Phoenix... she was his shadow, a loyal echo.

But that was before Kaneki.

Before the half-ghoul with the eyes like winter storms and a voice like quiet thunder came crashing into her world-ruined, bleeding, and more human than the men she worked beside every day.

Genre: Slow-Burn Romance | Dark Drama | Forbidden Love
Pairing: OC × Ken Kaneki