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Ashes & Asphalt: Strangers Made Of Scars
She wasn’t born to survive in a world like this.
She was built to.
After losing her parents at seven, Alexi was taken in by a Cleveland biker gang that promised protection but forged her into something else entirely — a weapon. Trained in combat, molded by violence, and carrying a body she was taught to hide, she grew up believing she was a mistake… a secret better kept in the dark.
Until the day she ran.
Bleeding, terrified, and out of options, Alexi stumbles into a remote dive bar far from home — a place built of warm light, wood and metal, and the quiet hum of motorcycle parts. A place owned by a man with a past as dangerous as hers.
Wyatt Orlov walked away from his gang years ago, trading bloodshed for a sanctuary he built with his own hands. Jax Dive is his peace, his penance, and the only thing he trusts. He never expected a stranger to collapse at his door. He never expected to care.
But Alexi isn’t looking for rescue.
She’s looking for a place where she can breathe without fear.
A place where her body isn’t a weapon.
A place where she can exist without apology.
As the bar comes alive with bikers, workers, and the ghosts of their pasts, Alexi must confront everything she’s been running from — the man hunting her, the identity she hides, and the terrifying possibility that she deserves more than survival.
In a world carved by loyalty, violence, and unspoken truths, Alexi must decide whether she can trust a sanctuary built by another broken soul… or if freedom means facing her past alone.
This is a story of escape, identity, found family, and the quiet, dangerous hope of being seen — truly seen — for the first time.
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