I’m the one she should have stayed away from. The thief, the hustler, the boy without a past or a future. A kid forged by the rules of the streets. She sees into my darkest depths and doesn’t blink an eye. She’s my dream, my peace in a place I can never escape. Then one day, she’s gone, whisked into a world I refuse to taint with my touch. Fifteen years later, she’s back in my life, needing a favor only I can provide. I’m no longer the street rat she once knew. Now I’m king of an empire, where my favors come at a price. A price, she says she is more than willing to pay, but the cost is all of her...body, mind, and soul.

I'm not a good man. I'm the darkness, the danger, the enforcer behind the empire. No one sees me unless I want them to. Then one day, she found me, showing me a life beyond the shadows of the streets. Until one wrong turn and our fairytale shattered, leaving me back in darkness. In a place I can only reach her by destroying her world. So, I wait. But waiting isn't something she is willing to do. She's forging a new life without me, in the path of our enemies. Now the monster in me is forced out of the shadows, ready to fight for what belongs to me. She will learn that protecting her is my mission and a life without me isn't an option. Note: This is a dark romance with subject matter that may be sensitive to some readers

I am a liar, a deceiver, a devil in the dark. I will hunt you, steal your secrets, and use them against you. You will never see me coming. Then I met my match. She cut out my heart, left me bleeding, without a backward glance. But, she made one mistake...she stepped back into my world, trying to run from her past. She's mine, and she will soon learn there is no escape when fate says she belongs to me.

I'm the player, the gambler, the one without a heart or soul. There isn't a risk I won't take and a challenge I won't meet. Then she came into my world, melting the ice in my veins and showing me a life a man like me never deserved. But it was all a lie. She chose a safer, easier path, realizing too late, it was riddled with chains. Now she's trapped, needing an escape, and I'm the only one who can set her free. I'm not the hero from the storybooks, but the devil betrayed from birth. With the cards stacked in my favor, I will use any means necessary to take my empire and my queen...even if it means burning it all to ash.