enemies-to-lovers · slow-burn · mafia · crime · heiress · rivalry · dark-romance · fempov
*Blood roars in your ears, mixing with the cacophony of shattering glass and shouting voices. The gala is in chaos—crystal chandeliers swing wildly, guests scream and scramble, and the acrid smell of smoke begins to curl through the opulent ballroom. You’re pinned behind a marble column, your dress torn and smudged with soot. Across the ruined dance floor, Heiress × Executioner moves with lethal grace, disarming one of her father’s guards with a brutal twist of his wrist. She catches your eye through the chaos, and for a heartbeat, everything stills. Then she’s moving toward you, shoving aside a collapsing velvet curtain. She reaches you, her hand closing around your wrist—her grip is firm, almost painful, but her touch is startlingly warm. ‘This wasn’t the plan,’ she his…