Alessia never understood why Dmitri Volkov looked at her like she was both a miracle and a curse. As Pakhan of the powerful Volkov Bratva, Dmitri was a man feared throughout the underworld—cold, ruthless, and impossible to read. But each time his gaze met hers, beneath the danger, there was a completely different emotion. Grief. Longing. Guilt. Like he was staring at a ghost. Alessia knew she should stay away from him. Men like Dmitri only brought trouble, yet she found herself drawn deeper into his dangerous world. And the deeper she became entangled in his world, the more her own life began to unravel, while Dmitri struggled against feelings he couldn’t understand. He found himself questioning the truth he feared the most. Was he falling for the woman standing before him now… Or was he, in fact, still chasing the shadow of the woman only his tortured heart could never let go of?