The Scarlet trials

In a future where power isn't inherited - it's earned - five Orders rule the hidden cities of the world. They control influence, technology, desire, force, and life itself. Once every decade, they initiate The Scarlet Trials - a forbidden competition where candidates are tested through mind, body, and loyalty.

The winner doesn't just earn privilege - they gain access to every secret the world has buried.
The others... simply vanish.

Evelyn Krios never volunteered. But the modifications hidden in her blood make her a target - and a threat. Her only chance to survive is to accept a mentor: a man known for seduction, manipulation, and merciless strategy.

Kai Raven.

He doesn't get attached.
He doesn't fall in love.
He never breaks the rules.

But Evelyn is unlike any candidate before her - and what begins as necessity turns into a slow-burning obsession neither of them can control.

In the Scarlet Trials, desire is a weapon.
Loyalty is a test.
And love... is the most dangerous rebellion of all.

What will break first - the rules, or their hearts?