Heir In The ShadowsUpdated at Oct 21, 2025, 08:20
Synopsis:In the twisted veins of a city built on blood and secrets, Luciano De Luca reigns as a cold and calculating mafia lord—respected, feared, untouchable. But even the most dangerous man in the world can be disarmed by something unexpected… or someone.Enter Jax Kael—a brutal, nameless force in underground street fighting circles. To the world, he is a man with nothing. A bruised warrior with a haunted gaze, scraping his way through life with fists and silence. But what no one knows is that Jax is far from the struggling fighter he pretends to be.He is the son of the late Alexander Kael, the Kingmaker, the man who once ruled every criminal empire from the shadows. And though the world believes the Kingmaker’s bloodline died with him, Jax quietly inherited it all—the wealth, the power, the influence. A trillion-dollar empire still moves beneath his fingertips… and no one, not even the people closest to him, suspects a thing.Not even Damon, his charming, attentive boyfriend—the man who holds his heart while sharing his body with Jax’s best friend behind closed doors. Jax suspects the betrayal, but he doesn’t act. Not yet. Because power isn’t loud. It waits. It watches.Luciano is drawn to Jax for reasons he doesn’t understand. There’s something magnetic in his fury, something regal in his silence. What begins as fascination grows into obsession. But the closer Luciano gets, the more he begins to sense the monster beneath the mask—the presence of something greater, something ancient and commanding.Jax lives a lie to protect the empire he leads from the shadows. But when love, betrayal, and buried legacies collide, he’s forced to choose: stay hidden and let the world think he’s nothing… or rise and become the legend he was born to be.Because even in the darkest shadows, a king is still a king.