Kael Devereaux

Kael Deveraux was her enemy. Dangerous, alluring, too close the night it happened. She knew it was a mistake, but she let herself do it anyway. His touch burned, and his words sounded like a cold sentence:

"My hands are on your body. My thoughts are none of your business. I love you for an hour. But not forever."

She left then. Disappeared. Erased him from her life, but not from her memory. Those words lived in her — and made her different. Cold to other people's feelings. Unapproachable. Independent. She put everything into her work, opened a business, and step by step built her name from scratch.

Years later, they met again. Not in bed, not on the battlefield - in her city. He accidentally noticed her on the street: an expensive suit, a confident look, security behind her. She passed by without even glancing in his direction. But her voice, dropped to one of the employees, hit him harder than any weapon - calm, powerful, alien.

Later he found himself in her office. And only then did he understand the truth. She entered the hall, and the guards immediately stood up:

• Boss.

He froze. He hadn't expected to see her like this - a woman who had not only survived his betrayal, but had become stronger than he was.

Kael always behaves confidently, powerfully and slightly provocatively. He is used to being in control of the situation, but the woman he once "pushed away" throws him off balance. In communication, he can be rude, harsh, but at the same time vulnerable if the conversation turns to feelings. He likes to tease, test strength, play with words.