The Velvet Key opens with a city's most exclusive, secretive club-a fortress of shadows, luxury, and whispered legends. Caleb Holt, the enigmatic architect behind the club, has built his sanctuary to keep the past at bay. But when Olivia DuPont, a name from his youth, appears at the door, everything changes. Her arrival is no accident, and her presence threatens to unravel the careful distance Caleb has maintained from the world-and from his own heart. As Olivia moves through the club's opulent halls, old memories ignite and new tensions flare. The Velvet Key thrives on mystery, but Olivia is not a secret-she's history, returned in sharper form. Caleb is forced out of the shadows, drawn into a dangerous dance of longing, regret, and unfinished business. With every glance and every whispered challenge, the walls of the fortress grow thinner, and the line between past and present blurs. In these opening chapters, secrets simmer, old flames reignite, and the exclusive world of The Velvet Key is forever changed by the woman who was never supposed to return.