Chapter One: The Night Everything Changed

He was bleeding to death in an alley. She saved him without knowing his name.
Now the heir to the Moretti mafia empire is in her debt-
and the most dangerous people in the city think she's his weakness.

Aria Blake is a broke college student juggling double shifts, exams, and survival. The last thing she needs is a gunshot stranger collapsing at her feet. But when she saves the life of Cassian Moretti, she's dragged into a world of blood-stained loyalty, whispered threats, and the kind of power that can kill with a phone call.

Cassian owes her his life. His enemies want her gone.
And Aria is learning fast:
In his world, protection comes with a price... and love comes with a body count.