Covert Narcissist

Adrian Cain has no past. At least, not one he remembers. He woke up at eighteen with a name, a guardian, and a carefully constructed identity that led him to build one of the most powerful tech empires in the world. Now, as the CEO of CainTech, Adrian is feared, admired, and emotionally impenetrable, his past locked behind clinical amnesia, sealed files, and a steel wall he doesn't dare breach. Until the suicides start. After two employees from his most classified division die under suspicious circumstances, trauma counselor Sera Vaughn is brought in to assess the psychological impact on staff. But Sera has her own reasons for stepping into CainTech, her older brother vanished fifteen years ago, and the only lead she has left is a face in an old photograph: Adrian’s. But his name back then wasn’t Adrian. It was Daniel Ward. As Sera begins digging into Adrian’s history and as Adrian’s carefully managed psyche begins to crack, long-buried memories start surfacing: a mysterious basement, whispered codewords, and a girl calling his real name. What neither of them knows is that they were both part of a covert experiment known as Project Phoenix, designed to erase identities and rebuild human obedience from the ground up. Together, they uncover a trail of lies, altered files, and fractured lives along with a chilling truth: Adrian may have been programmed to forget what he did… and who he destroyed. Now hunted by the people who created him, stalked by a version of himself he doesn’t remember becoming, and drawn to a woman whose trust he doesn’t deserve, Adrian must face the darkest corners of his past before they both disappear into it. Because some memories don’t stay buried. Some were never meant to.

Dennise Lambert, the picture-perfect daughter of the world’s richest businessman, was raised behind silk curtains and high walls. But beneath the designer dresses and flawless smile lies a deadly secret, Dennise is one of the most lethal assassins in a covert organization targeting the criminal elite. Her next mission was to eliminate Ace Andreev, the ruthless and untouchable Tsar of the Russian Mafia. But everything shatters when Dennise’s runaway sister leaves her to take her place in an arranged engagement with none other than Ace himself. Now, Dennise must walk the knife's edge, torn between a mission she was born for and a man she was never meant to love. But the deeper she gets, the more she realizes: Ace isn’t just dangerous. He’s not even entirely human. And yet he completely captured her heart. Torn by Killing Ace and following her heart, Dennise chose to follow her heart and betray the organization. Now, hunted by her organization, haunted by truths long buried, and falling for a man surrounded by blood and power, Dennise must decide: Will she kill the monster… or let him become her salvation?