Forged in Fire Betrayed. Imprisoned. Reborn. At just 18, Athena gave her heart to Jake, her first love and her greatest mistake. Framed for a crime she didn't commit, she spent five years behind bars, forgotten by the world and haunted by the ones who destroyed her. But prison didn’t break her. It built her. Now free, Athena is no longer the naive girl she once was. She's smart, strategic, and set on reclaiming her life. But the city she returns to is darker than she left it and so is Jake. With secrets to uncover, old flames to face, and revenge burning in her veins. Nothing cuts deeper than betrayal from the ones you trusted most. what happens when she finds out her best friend was part of the conspiracy?