Kannon “Kane” Reyes runs Chicago with a steady aim and a cold heart, except when it comes to Sasha “Sza” Monroe, the girl he claimed young and never released. When the Graveyard Boyz hit his block and leave a Joker card promising they’re coming for his queen, the city turns into a battlefield. Sza wanted a normal life. Nursing degree. Clean break. But one night pulls her back into Kane’s guns out, enemies close, and a love she can’t shake. With feds circling, bodies dropping, and a clock on their lives, Kane and Sza have one shot to survive the streets that raised them and the war that won’t stop. Ride or die isn’t a caption. It’s the only rule they’ve ever lived by.