Elara Voss thought she knew the cost of loyalty. She had spent years cleaning up her brother’s messes, hiding his secrets, and paying his debts. But when Marcus drags her into the dark, world of the city’s most feared man, she realizes she has been playing for stakes she never understood.In a brutal game of leverage, Darien offers a simple, devastating trade: walk away and let her brother face the consequences of a three-hundred-thousand-dollar betrayal—or sign a contract that binds her to him, body and soul, as his wife.Trapped between the brother who betrayed her and the monster who demands her, Elara is forced to make a choice that will seal her fate.Darien Russo is a man who collects what he is owed, and he has decided that Elara is his prize. He’s going to break her, claim her, and make sure she never wants to be free.In the world of the Devil, there is no escape.