Princess Lyra Veyne has lived her life pleasing others graceful, gentle, and always composed. But behind her perfect smiles hides exhaustion, rebellion, and rage. When the weight of expectations breaks her spirit, she finds herself at the edge of the sea, ready to let the waves take her.
Until he appears.
Riven Vale is a man of quiet danger calm, calculating, and sharp as a blade hidden in velvet. A strategist feared by kings, he wins wars not with swords but with silence. They call him the Calm Devil because he never loses his temper, only his mercy.
"Why not use that anger for something beautiful instead?" Riven says, stepping from the shadows.
From that night, the calm devil and the chaotic princess become bound by something neither understands fire and stillness colliding.
When Riven challenges her mask, the truth cuts deeper than any blade.
Riven: "You aren't what you pretend to be. You hide behind virtue, but hidden faults are still faults, princess. You have chaos in you accept it."
Lyra: "And you, the man who worships perfection... you lowered yourself to show empathy. What a nice devil you are."
They both know it then they are mirrors, reflecting each other's ruin and redemption.
Riven: "We're a hazard waiting to happen."
Lyra: "Maybe. But at least we'll burn beautifully."
As their connection deepens, the line between destruction and devotion blurs. In a world where masks are armor and vulnerability is a sin
can two broken souls dare to fall, or will their fire consume them both?