DROWNED LEGACYThe night the flood came, Claudia watched her entire life disappear beneath black water.Her home was destroyed. Their livelihood was gone. And the woman who had stood beside her family for years never made it out.Now Claudia and her mother, Samantha, have no choice but to leave the only life they have ever known and return to the city Samantha once vowed never to step into again.Claudia refuses to let the disaster define her.She enters an elite school filled with the children of billionaires, politicians, CEOs, and powerful families, determined to build a future strong enough to give her mother the life she deserves.But the city is not the fresh start she expected.Behind its wealth are old grudges, hidden connections, powerful families—and secrets that reach far closer to Claudia than she could have imagined.Then she crosses paths with Draven Vale, a powerful and fiercely guarded man whose influence reaches far beyond the world Claudia knows. He isn't simply another wealthy man in her new world. His connection to the people around her could change everything—but getting close to him may come at a price.Claudia came to the city with nothing but her mother's love and a determination to start again.She doesn't know that the life she is trying to build may be connected to a legacy someone was willing to drown to keep hidden.