At 17, Scarlett Brooks was framed for murder and forced to join the Black Scorpion Assassin Academy to protect her newborn daughter. Trained to kill. Forbidden to love. Conditioned to obey. Scarlett became a deadly weapon molded by the Black Scorpions. Years later, Scarlett is sent on a suicide mission to kill Luca Moretti—a brutal mafia king. But when the mission fails and she’s captured, she becomes his prisoner. Scarlett plans to destroy him from the inside. Luca plans to break her. But the more they clash, the more their hatred burns into something darker, hotter—forbidden. In a world of betrayal, blood, and forbidden passion… Who will tame who? And who will survive it?