Emerald grove

Nesreen Habib grew up surrounded by family yet invisible within it. With her twin sister, Nahla, her older sister, Amunet, and her older brother, Osiris, always taking center stage, Nesreen became the forgotten child, the one whose pain was overlooked and whose achievements were ignored. Years of living as the family's "glass child" hardened her into being distant. She was willing to do whatever it took to claim the affection she had been denied. If love would never be given freely, she would seize it by force.

Evgeny and Feliks Golubev have never been apart. The brothers were inseparable long before they were dragged into the Detention Realm, where two years of relentless punishment, cruelty, and whippings stripped away every trace of warmth they once possessed. They emerged as feared men with frozen hearts, trusting no one but each other.

Then they met Nesreen.

Against every instinct telling them to stay away, the brothers found themselves drawn to the one woman who understood what it meant to be broken by the people meant to protect you. Around her, their walls began to crumble, revealing a tenderness neither believed they still possessed. For Nesreen, the love of the Golubev brothers became the first genuine warmth she had ever known, slowly melting the ice around her own heart.

But in a world where love is dangerous and mercy is a weakness, their bond comes with a devastating price. Every moment of softness makes them more vulnerable, every act of devotion paints a target on their backs, and the very love that saves them may ultimately become the thing that destroys them.