Velvet Knives

Elena Serrano was raised in the shadows of Charleston's most elite underground empire-The Siren's Wake, a gilded den of secrets ruled by her mother, Vivian, a woman who wielded power like perfume and punishment. But Elena left that world behind years ago, determined to live a quiet life, far from the velvet-draped cages of her childhood. Until a single, chilling message lures her back. When a cryptic voicemail from a long-lost ally leads to a brutal murder and a fire that levels the only ho...