Scarlet Roses

Ezra has spent years living like a shadow.

A man with blood on his hands, a past he cannot wash away, and a heart he hides inside a black leather journal. To him, people are only silhouettes - blurred faces, distant voices, lives he does not deserve to see clearly.

Until Tasha walks into his repair shop carrying white roses.

She is not there to save him. She is not there to forgive him. But with every rose she leaves behind, every truth she refuses to soften, and every time she says his name like he is still human, Ezra is forced to face the one thing he fears most:

That even monsters can want gentleness.

But when his old world returns, threatening everything Tasha touches, Ezra must decide whether he can protect something beautiful without destroying it first.

Some stains do not leave. Some flowers still bloom.