Ashes To Oasis: 1

They turned him into Ashes. She became his oasis. Ashkan Bowman was born into wealth, power, and legacy. Until his own family decided he was worth more dead than alive. Betrayed by blood and erased from the world. Ashkan Survives the execution meant to end him. The world believes he is gone. >Now stripped of his empire and living in the shadows. Ashkan rebuilds himself in silence. >Then he meets her. Emory Temple owns a shelter for the forgotten. A refuge of warmth in a life gone cold. Soft hands. steady voice. A woman made of light. Untouched by the darkness that coils inside of him. He calls her Oasis. Because she feels like salvation in a desert of betrayal. But salvation is dangerous Especially discovering that she is connected to the very family who tried to erase him. To claim his future, he must destroy his past. To protect her, he must become the monster they created.