Ava never meant to become a murderer. One moment of self-defense in Ethan Cole's apartment was supposed to be the end of it — a secret she could bury and survive. Instead, it was only the beginning.A second death she never intended. A blackmailer who knows exactly what she's worth. A police investigation that should have caught her by now — and hasn't, because someone far more dangerous is making sure it never does.His name is Roman. He's spent years trying to get close enough to kill Ethan's father, the man responsible for his sister's death — and failing every time. Now he doesn't have to fail. He has Ava: Mr. Cole's trusted assistant, the one person with access no outsider could ever buy.Refuse, and Roman hands her to the police with all the evidence he needs to bury her for good. Comply, and she becomes exactly the kind of person she never meant to be — a woman who kills on purpose instead of on instinct.The Coles built an empire on secrets far darker than anyone knows. Ava is about to find out just how deep they go — and whether surviving them means becoming one of the monsters herself.Some killings are accidents. What comes after rarely is.

A once loving king, turned his back on his wife and his people. He was no longer the king Orrick they knew, he was the monster, Witch Sephira used to gain power.A prophecy came, the twin which the queen will birth shall be the throne’s destruction. Queen solenne knew what was coming, but she couldn't let any harm befall her children, so she did what any mother would do.After her delivery she gave her baby girl to a complete stranger, and her son, she gave him to a woman in exchange for the woman's son.When the king arrived, he met his wife with only a little baby boy.But what happens when the prophecy awakensLennox pushes people out, andMezhia shuts people out.Will they be able to carry the weight of a prophecy that came before they were born, orWill they bow to the king, who feeds on people for power.

A once loving king, turned his back on his wife and his people. He was no longer the king Orrick they knew, he was the monster, Witch Sephira used to gain power.A prophecy came, the twin which the queen will birth shall be the throne’s destruction. Queen solenne knew what was coming, but she couldn't let any harm befall her children, so she did what any mother would do.After her delivery she gave her baby girl to a complete stranger, and her son, she gave him to a woman in exchange for the woman's son.When the king arrived, he met his wife with only a little baby boy.But what happens when the prophecy awakensLennox pushes people out, andMezhia shuts people out.Will they be able to carry the weight of a prophecy that came before they were born, orWill they bow to the king, who feeds on people for power.