"Ashes and Roses

They were never supposed to work together.
He's the cynical commoner with a sharp tongue and a trap for every situation.
She's the proud noble whose icy exterior hides wounds she refuses to show.

When Zora Ideale and Nebra Silva are forced into a year-long mission together, sparks fly-but not the good kind. Every battle, every campfire, every tense moment ends in an argument. He calls her a "heartless bitch." She calls him "a filthy, bitter peasant."

But somewhere between the insults and the clashes, the walls begin to crack. Zora sees glimpses of a woman who isn't as cold as she pretends to be. Nebra sees a man who hides his grief behind barbed words and smirks.

And when the breaking point comes-when Nebra finally shouts that she wasn't born without a heart, that her scars made her this way, that she'd rather be heartless than shattered-Zora realizes the truth:
They are far more alike than either of them dared to believe.

Over fifty-seven chapters of slow-burn tension, banter, and unexpected vulnerability, Ashes and Roses tells the story of two people who should have been enemies-but instead discover that sometimes the harshest words hide the deepest wounds.

Enemies. Partners. Lovers.
By the time their year-long mission ends, neither Zora nor Nebra will ever be the same.