She stepped into the game without understanding the rules. His rules… Cora I never wanted anything to do with him. Ayaan Reyne is a criminal—as heartless as Hades himself. But I needed to steal the red diamond Ayaan keeps in his fortress to pay off my brother’s debts. Except I got caught. Now I’m Ayaan’s captive. Completely at his mercy. If he has any. And that’s not even my biggest problem. Because the more time I spend with the King of the Underworld, the more I wonder what it’d be like to be his Persephone… Ayaan Cora Mitchell thinks I’ll let her go once the diamond is back where it belongs. She’s wrong. See, I was used to the dark. Comfortable with it. Then she walked into my life—like innocence and bravado wrapped in sunlight—and ruined everything. For both of us. Because whether she admits it or not, she’s mine. And I’ll do anything to keep her at my side. Even if it means fighting dirty. Hell, especially if it means fighting dirty…