Betrayed and sold out by his best friend, pop icon Kian was supposed to be just another disposable plaything for the elite. When he was delivered to Alistair Vance—the most ruthless, untouchable billionaire in the industry—everyone expected him to break. Instead, Kian pressed a jagged shard of glass straight to the magnate's throat. Alistair despised anything he couldn't control, until he became utterly obsessed with the rebel who dared bite back. What starts as a cold, dangerous contract explodes into a ruthless war of vengeance and absolute devotion. They'll burn the entire empire to the ground—and on the ashes, the king will bow.

Every third night, Noah drank the warm milk his straight roommate made for him. Every morning, he woke up with a new bruise. So one night, Noah poured the milk away and pretended to sleep. At 2:07 a.m., Adrian entered his bedroom. And what Noah discovered was far more dangerous than anything that could have been hidden in the milk.

"By day, he is the cold-blooded monster who rules the Chicago syndicate, and she is the fierce heiress who refuses to bow. By night, the masks shatter." Aurelia Vance was traded to the Bratva as a human lien—a pawn to settle her bankrupt family’s multi-million-dollar debt. Viktor Volkov, the ruthless Pakhan known as The Vulture, expected a terrified trophy wife to break in his gilded cage. He expected submission. Instead, he got a platinum-haired storm with violet eyes who looked at a loaded gun and dared him to pull the trigger. Trapped in a world of blood, mafia politics, and a marriage built on chains, Aurelia vows to burn his empire to the ground. But Viktor didn't spend years engineering her downfall just to let her go. He wants her broken, he wants her defiant, and above all, he wants her to love the monster who stole her life.

Rule #1 of corporate warfare: Never sleep with the enemy. Rule #2: Break the rule immediately. Alistair Vance owns New York and São Paulo. He trades in fear, silence, and absolute control. Until Cassia Sterling walks into his office—a razor-sharp executive with smoke-gray eyes, ice in her veins, and a hidden agenda that could ruin him. He thought she was just another corporate spy. She thought he was just another monster in a tailored suit. Locked in a deadly game of chess where every move risks their lives and every touch threatens their sanity, they are about to discover that the most dangerous secrets aren't kept in safes—they're kept in bed.