"If you lie to me one more time about my own blood, I will burn this entire city to the ground just to watch the ashes fall on your hair."Five years ago, Clara made the most terrifying decision of her life: she ran from Roman Vance. To the public eye, Roman is a brilliant tech billionaire. But in the shadows, he is the ruthless, undisputed king of the city's criminal underworld. When Clara realized she was pregnant with his child, she knew she had to disappear to save her baby's soul.Trading a life of dangerous luxury for a freezing apartment in the slums, Clara spent years successfully hiding her son, Mateo, from the monster who sired him. But you can never truly hide from a man who owns the shadows.When Roman finally tracks her down in a rain-slicked alleyway, he isn't looking for an apology. He's looking for his heir. Clara is forcibly ripped from her hidden life and locked inside Roman’s impenetrable, high-tech estate a gilded cage where her every move is monitored.Roman’s rules are absolute: Mateo will be raised as a prince of the syndicate, and Clara will never leave his sight again. But the underworld is a dangerous place for a newly discovered heir. As rival cartels and the lethal Volkov Bratva catch wind of Roman’s new family, the violence of his empire threatens to crash down on them all.To keep her son alive, Clara must stop running. She must decide whether to fight the monster holding her captive, or surrender to him, taking her rightful place as the Syndicate Queen.In a world built on blood and deception, falling in love is the most dangerous game of all.

"If you lie to me one more time about my own blood, I will burn this entire city to the ground just to watch the ashes fall on your hair."Five years ago, Clara made the most terrifying decision of her life: she ran from Roman Vance. To the public eye, Roman is a brilliant tech billionaire. But in the shadows, he is the ruthless, undisputed king of the city's criminal underworld. When Clara realized she was pregnant with his child, she knew she had to disappear to save her baby's soul.Trading a life of dangerous luxury for a freezing apartment in the slums, Clara spent years successfully hiding her son, Mateo, from the monster who sired him. But you can never truly hide from a man who owns the shadows.When Roman finally tracks her down in a rain-slicked alleyway, he isn't looking for an apology. He's looking for his heir. Clara is forcibly ripped from her hidden life and locked inside Roman’s impenetrable, high-tech estate a gilded cage where her every move is monitored.Roman’s rules are absolute: Mateo will be raised as a prince of the syndicate, and Clara will never leave his sight again. But the underworld is a dangerous place for a newly discovered heir. As rival cartels and the lethal Volkov Bratva catch wind of Roman’s new family, the violence of his empire threatens to crash down on them all.To keep her son alive, Clara must stop running. She must decide whether to fight the monster holding her captive, or surrender to him, taking her rightful place as the Syndicate Queen.In a world built on blood and deception, falling in love is the most dangerous game of all.