Bleed Into Synonym

"Stay with me... stay with me," Elijah kept saying as the doctor wheeled me toward the operating room. Blood soaked everything. I could barely hear a thing—just his voice, shaking. His eyes were wet. His hand gripped mine like letting go meant death. "Stay with me! I'm not losing you again... Amiee." That name hit like a slap. Klaus snapped, "Her name is Katherine, goddammit!" The doors shut before I could see their faces again. A tear slid down. Elijah wasn’t afraid to lose me He was afraid to lose her. And I’m just her shadow. **She was paid to kill a ghost. Instead, she walked into a trap set by two kings.** Katherine goes by one name on the streets — "Ghost Knife" No past. No future. Just blade, blood, and silence. An assassin. Her kills are clean. Her escape? Always flawless. Until her latest target turns out to be **Klaus De Luca**, the cold-blooded mafia boss with a face that haunts, a voice that commands, and secrets buried deeper than bodies. But just when she’s about to strike, she’s kidnapped by another man… wearing the same face. His name? *Elijah De Luca.* His crime? Dragging her into a brutal world where she’s not the hunter anymore — she’s the hunted. Locked away. Marked. Watched. Katherine realizes she was never meant to kill Klaus… But she fall into the De Lucas’ hands. Now, one brother sees her as the woman who can tame his darkness. The other sees her as a ghost from his past — one he thought he’d buried. he wants to end her, but ends up needing her. But Katherine doesn’t belong to either of the twin . And the only way out… is to *make them bleed first.*

“Used. Marked. Betrayed. Now it’s her turn to break the rules." Elena thought being mated meant safety, love, and forever. But forever shattered the day her husband brought another woman home, under the lie of sickness, only for Elena to discover she was pregnant with his child. And worse? He wanted an open bond, like she was some convenience to be traded when bored. Heartbroken but not broken, Elena makes the boldest decision of her life: divorce him, break the mate bond, and make him bleed for every lie he fed her. But Michael isn't letting go that easily. Not when power, pride, and his darkest secrets are tied to her. When Elena turns to Alpha Horace, the ruthless Alpha King and her husband’s estranged cousin, she finds more than protection; she finds someone who sees her, desires her, and is willing to burn everything down to keep her safe.