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When Osric Mordaunt, a lethal and theatrical assassin of the Fyren Order, is diagnosed with terminal seith rot, he has only one option left: force the brilliant but ice-cold Haelan researcher Y/N to help him. She wants nothing to do with him. He blackmails her Order with the money they desperately need to fight a deadly plague. What begins as a hostile, forced partnership quickly spirals into something far more dangerous — and far more complicated. As they investigate a conspiracy tied to the plague and are forced into hiding, the sharp-tongued hatred between them starts to crack. The constant bickering turns charged. The frustration becomes something else entirely. A fake relationship for cover only makes the tension worse. Enemies. Forced proximity. Slow-burn tension. And a man who is very good at getting under her skin… in more ways than one. This story contains strong enemies-to-lovers tension, dark humour, political intrigue, and eventual explicit sexual content.