Isabella Sterling was widely regarded as a "Wicked Star" ascending over the skyline of the Financial District in Haven City. Unlike the typical heiresses of the high-society elite, she didn't waste her days attending vapid banquets, dripping in gold and diamonds, or flitting between the shallow attentions of wealthy suitors. She was a different breed of predator altogether.
Her business acumen was nothing short of legendary—a trait that had manifested in her early childhood, leaving veteran tycoons feeling inadequate by comparison. At the tender age of seventeen, armed with a modest seed capital of five million dollars, she had invested in a crumbling Real Estate Firm. From that moment on, her ascent was unstoppable. A decade ago, no one could have predicted that a teenage girl would evol
