Everyone wears a mask.
Some just forget they put it on.
By day, she plays the part of the perfect student. Violin in hand, quiet smile, untouchable grace.
By night, she walks a darker path- one laced in blood, lies, and blades strapped to her thighs.
Raised by her uncle after her mother's murder, Aria was taught to be soft-spoken but lethal. Charming but calculating.
Heir to an empire he never asked for, he trusts no one.
Except the voice in his head that says: control or be controlled.
And he doesn't lose control. Not in the boardroom. Not in the field. Not when his name carries the weight of a legacy built on lies, silence, and fear. Armed with twin glocks and eyes that miss nothing, Kade knows how to keep the world out-and himself in check.
But that all fractures the moment he meets her.
The girl with mismatched eyes and an untouchable mask, who matches his wit, dodges his walls, and hides danger behind a half-smile.
Neither of them knows they're chasing the same locked vault, the same evidence.
And neither of them is prepared for what happens when everything they've hidden starts to unravel-in each other's presence.