She was always there—woven into his life like a constant thread, a truth he never questioned. Zephyra was meant to be his mate. Dax knew it, felt it in their bond. But when the moment came, she rejected him. Now, everything he thought was certain is unraveling. Rivalries ignite, alliances crumble, and the one connection he believed unbreakable may cost him everything.

As the only known female mob boss, Estefanía is supposed to be cold and calculating at all times, never to show weakness as a woman.As the son of the head of the Irish mob, Tiernan is supposed to follow in his father's exact footsteps, never straying from the life plan laid out for him.Until a chance encounter throws him off course forever. She's beautiful, smart, ruthless and everything he never knew he needed.How could he have fallen so hard for his father's sworn enemy?