They are the Carvels. Wealthy, ruthless, and cold enough to make this entire city drop to its knees.Then I, the fierce activist who swore she would rather face down bulldozers than ever bow to their billion-dollar empire.Until a catastrophic crisis left me drowning, cornered, and desperate enough to sell my soul.One private meeting with the eldest son was supposed to be my escape…a clinical, temporary arrangement wrapped in absolute secrecy to save the only family I have left.I Thought I could survive his world.Now I'm learning there is no such thing as a clean transaction with a Carvel.They claim. They destroy.And the devastating secret binding our families is about to burn both of our worlds to ashes.