Beneath The Smoke
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MatureOngoing2h 54m
Last published Wed, Nov 5, 2025
Nova McKenna. A 22 year old model and a women who gave up on finding true love. Until someone awakens a desire in her that was buried for long enough.
Silas Verilli. A 28 year old racing champion whose world revolves around him mostly around himself. But he doesn't seem like what he actually is.
He was pure danger since the night Nova saw him.
Nova craves power which got taken away from her. And she would absolutely do anything to get it back.
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She's the girl who survived hell. He's the man who was raised in it. Valentina Rossi doesn't exist. A killer with no past, no attachments, no weakness. Just the job. Until Vincenzo Cartier. Everything she shouldn't touch. Heartless. Merciless. A failed hit. A name with no face. And suddenly, nothing makes sense. The hunter becomes the hunted. He should kill her. He doesn't. He drags her into his life, a world where blood and power dictate the rules and desire... the deadliest weapon she'll ever know. In a world that devours the weak, Vincenzo controls the board... she's his queen. His pawn, his temptation, his weapon. And the price of losing? Everything.
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