Mountains Edge

In a world where strength is everything, Uvogin-the loudest, most destructive Spider of the Phantom Troupe-has never met an opponent he couldn't crush.
Until her.
Vespera Kain is a sharp-tongued survivor from the Dark Continent, carrying powers so alien and dangerous that even the Troupe doesn't understand them. Sarcastic, guarded, and armed with living thorns that can drain Nen, curse minds, or heal the unbreakable, Ves wants nothing more than to destroy a deadly relic and disappear back into the shadows.
But the mountain-sized brute won't let her.
What starts as a brutal collision of fists and venomous barbs slowly turns into something neither of them expected. He's loud, reckless, and terrifyingly loyal. She's prickly, broken, and convinced attachment is a death sentence.
As Dark Continent horrors hunt them and the Phantom Troupe grows suspicious of her unknown abilities, Uvogin finds himself doing the impossible: going soft for a woman who bites back. And Ves discovers that maybe-not that she'd ever admit it-the safest place in the world is wrapped in the arms of the loudest idiot alive.
A slow-burn enemies-to-lovers story packed with explosive fights, savage banter, size-difference tension, and two broken souls learning that even the sharpest thorns need a mountain to grow on.
"You talk too much shit for someone I could bench press."
"And you're too loud for someone I'm starting to care about not dying."