I was born into a world of blood and power, a pawn in a game played by ruthless men. But nothing could have prepared me for Stepan Belov He is the Bratva’s deadliest weapon—a ghost in the dark, a man with no past, no weakness. Unyielding. Unbreakable. A predator who protects what’s his with lethal precision. And now, I belong to him. After an assassination attempt, Stepan is assigned as my bodyguard. My shield. My shadow. My torment. Cold. Merciless. Completely untouchable. Until the night I glimpse the cracks in his armor. The scars he hides. The fire in his eyes when another man dares to get too close. He tells me I’m a duty, not a temptation—that I should marry the man my father has chosen and forget about him. But then my enemies strike again. And Stepan stops pretending. Now, I’m caught between a man who wants to own me and a man who would burn the world down for me. Between the life I was raised for and the forbidden touch that could cost us both everything. In Stepan’s arms, I feel safe. But in his world, love is a weapon. And I might not survive the fallout.