Ayla moretti was never meant to survive. Sold, trained, and forged into a weapon by the underground elite, she learned early that beauty is a tool-and silence is a trap. Now she walks like sin in silk. Her enemies call her a ghost. The world sees an innocent face. They never see the poison underneath. Kian Thorne is a billionaire CEO with a legacy carved in secrets. Powerful. Feared. Untouchable. Until he crosses paths with a woman who doesn't flinch at his darkness-because she's been swimming in deeper shadows her entire life. But when Ayla is sent to destroy him, her mission collides with a truth no one expected: He's not just a target. He's a part of the past she's been trying to kill. Now, loyalty will be tested. Betrayals will burn. And love-if it survives-will have to be as deadly as the enemies closing in. She's venom in velvet. And she's done waiting to be unleashed