For centuries, the Kingdom of Drakos has feared their ruler—a king never seen in daylight, spoken of only in whispers.Some call him a monster.Some say he is a cursed god.Others say he is heartbreak itself—the kind that burns the world with it.Every year, one bride is chosen for him.None ever return.Elara never expected to be chosen.She was ordinary. Quiet. Invisible.But the night the selection flames rose, they turned crimson—and pointed to her.Now she lives in a castle of shadows and silk.Servants will not speak of him.No one will look at his throne.Every corridor holds secrets, every silence breathes his presence.Yet when he speaks her name for the first time, the world stops.> “Elara.”His voice is fire and silk, hunger hidden under restraint.He does not touch her.He does not show his face.But he watches her—always.Elara should fear him…Yet something inside her pulls closer.Because beneath the curse,beneath the legend and the power so vast it bends reality,there is a man with a shattered heart—and eyes that burn when she breathes.But the court is watching.A jealous lady plots.And deep within the palace walls, an ancient secret waits to wake.Elara was supposed to be his sacrifice.Instead—She may become the reason he learns how to love again.Or the reason the kingdom burns.

She was sent to eliminate her.But love wasn't part of the mission.Riley Hale lives behind a thousand masks - an elite assassin with no past, no mercy and no right to feel .A cold,calculated killer, she was sent to eliminate Victoria Steele , a young CEO with too much power and too many enemies.But Victoria isn't what the mission file promised - she's fire wrapped in silk and danger disguised as tenderness.Every glance burns.Every lie cuts deeper.And when love begins to bloom in the shadows, Riley must choose between her heart and her orders.Because the moment the truth is revealed,one of them must survive.Would she pull the trigger...or let love be the death of her....