NIKOLAI

We built this empire with blood and brutality. We don’t answer to anyone. We’re untouchable. Or at least, we were–until someone dug deep enough to find the secrets that could burn it all to the ground. The price of their silence? A marriage that merges their dynasty with ours.

I don’t want a wife–especially not Ani Sargsyan, the spoiled mafia princess with a sharp mouth and hatred for everything I am. I’ll do whatever it takes to protect my family and what we’ve built, even if it means putting a ring on her finger… And a leash around her throat. She doesn’t have to love me. She just has to learn how to obey—like a good little pet.

ANI

I was never supposed to be part of this deal, but my brother has other plans–trading me off like property for the sake of his ambition. I don’t want this life. I definitely don’t want him–Nikolai King. Cold-blooded, merciless, and determined to control me.

He thinks he can own me. Break me. Bend me to his rules. We clash at every turn—hate-laced kisses, brutal passion, and the kind of surrender that doesn’t come without a fight–until I’m left in the wreckage… on my knees like a good girl for Daddy.

When hate turns to heat and enemies become lovers, it won’t just be the city left in ashes.