Awakening: Peaky Blinders [2]

She died in one world...
Only to wake up in another-one ruled by smoke, blood, and razor blades.

Olivia Cortéz never expected her life to end in the screech of tires and shattered glass. But death wasn't the end-it was a beginning. Reborn as Anastasia Cortéz in the ruthless world of the Peaky Blinders, she's given one impossible mission:

Make Thomas Shelby fall in love with her... or stay trapped forever.

Armed with knowledge of the future and a mind built for strategy, Anastasia refuses to be just another pawn in Birmingham's brutal game. She's not innocent. She's not fragile. And she certainly isn't afraid of the man everyone else fears.

Thomas Shelby is dangerous, calculating, and untouchable-
...but Anastasia intends to rewrite fate itself.

As desire ignites and power shifts, lines blur between manipulation and real emotion. With Grace Burgess watching from the shadows and enemies closing in, Anastasia must decide:

Is she playing the game...
or losing her heart to it?

Because in a world like this, love isn't just dangerous-
it's deadly.

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"You're not afraid of me?" Tommy asked quietly, his icy blue eyes cutting straight through her.

Anastasia tilted her head, a slow, knowing smile forming on her lips.
"Should I be?"

"Most people are."

She stepped closer-too close-close enough to feel the heat of him, the danger.
"But I'm not most people, Tommy."

His jaw tightened, something dark flickering in his gaze.
"No," he murmured, voice dropping lower. "I don't think you are."

Her fingers brushed his coat, deliberate. Calculated.
"And you don't like things you can't control."

Tommy smirked faintly, but it didn't reach his eyes.
"I control everything."

Anastasia leaned in, her voice a whisper against his ear-
"Then control this."

And just like that...
the game changed.