He saw her in the blood-soaked shadows,and made her his revenge.Lara Vik-cross was the untouchable princess of a rival mafia empire,kept safe in a gilded cage. Alexander Randolph was the Don of the Obsidian Syndicate, a man forged by her family's betrayal. After a single, chilling glimpse of him in a dark alley, his obsession became a dangerous game. He didn't just want to hurt her family; he wanted to corrupt their most precious treasure. He took her. Not just for ransom, but for retribution. Now, trapped in his penthouse lair, Lara is forced into an intimate war of wills with her captor. His touch is a punishment, his words a poison, yet in the brutal confinement, a twisted dependency begins to bloom. As war erupts outside, pitting brother against brother, Lara must confront a terrifying truth: her salvation may lie in the arms of the very devil who ruined her.

"Tell me to stop," he whispered against my neck.His hand slid beneath my skirt, and his fingers teased along my inner thigh. I was pressedagainst the cold glass of his office window, but all I could feel was the heat of his body againstmine."Bryan..." I whispered.His fingers pushed my panties aside, circling slowly where I was already wet for him. His otherhand gripped my throat gently, tilting my head back as his lips traced down to my collarbone."Say you want this," he demanded, his thumb pressing hard on my clit"Say you want me."I hated that I did. I hated how my body arched into his touch.Because this wasn't just wrong, this was forbidden.Isabelle's mother married a billionaire, and overnight and Bryan Mark became her stepbrother.He was cold, ruthless and untouchable.When she started working at his company as an intern, he made it clear she didn't belong there.But what started as hatred turned into steamy moments.Then the rumors started spreading andthe family found out making everything fell apart.Now Bryan has to choose between his empire, his family's reputation, and the one woman hewas never supposed to love.