Elena was never supposed to see what happened in that warehouse. She was never supposed to walk out alive.
Dominic is the kind of man people disappear around, ruthless, controlled, and untouchable at the top of the criminal underworld. When Elena becomes an unwilling witness to his violence, death seems inevitable.
Instead, he lets her live.
Her silence becomes her leash. His protection becomes her prison.
Dominic watches Elena like a problem he should erase and can’t. Control turns into obsession, restraint into tension that burns hotter than any threat. Fear explains some of it. Desire explains the rest.
Lines blur. Choices are made. And what begins as survival becomes something far more dangerous.
Now the underworld knows Elena matters. Blood is spilled in her shadow. Enemies close in. And a secret growing inside her threatens to shift the balance of power forever.