Elias Moretti, 24, has spent his life staying small: finish his degree, work the counter at his uncle's Naples trattoria, and keep far away from the shadows his family never talked about.Then, one stormy midnight, his uncle Marco stumbles into the kitchen bleeding, presses a black envelope into his hands, and gasps a name: *Go to Adrian.*Adrian De Luca is the most feared boss in Italy. He is cold, calculating, and rumored to have buried everyone who ever betrayed him. He also knew Elias's father, and for eighteen years he has kept a promise to stay away from the son. Now that the envelope has surfaced, the promise is broken, the men who killed Elias's parents know he's alive, and Adrian's mansion is the only place he's safe.Elias wants the truth about his family. Adrian wants the envelope, and what's inside could destroy his empire. Locked together behind steel gates, with enemies closing in, the two men trade suspicion for something neither can name.But Elias has to decide whether to trust the man who may have helped destroy his family. And Adrian has to decide how much of his empire he will burn to keep the one person he was never supposed to love.