Intro. Yuri Volkov doesn’t believe in second chances. At 31, he rules Moscow’s underworld with ice and blood. Three years ago, his uncle’s bullet killed his wife—and whatever humanity Yuri had left. The Volkov law is absolute: no one leaves alive. Now only one thing matters—his three-year-old son. Yuri will damn himself to save the boy from a legacy soaked in blood.
The Volkov empire should have been his father’s, but his father died days before Yuri was born—betrayed, murdered, and buried with the truth. His uncle took the throne and never released it. Yuri now serves the man who stole his birthright and destroyed his family.
Across the world, Nyx Trias survived what should have killed her. Abandoned, trafficked at eight, forged into a weapon, the 26-year-old Filipina assassin carries scars and sins she wants to forget. One year ago, she fled to Russia with nothing but her skills.
Desperation brings her to the Volkov estate, where a feared kingpin seeks a bodyguard for his son.