Happiness isn't meant for people like us. Not after what we've done. Not after what's been done to us. Happiness is a cruel joke, reserved for the "normal" people who pretend they're fine, who still believe in clean slates and second chances. Esme stopped believing in all of that a long time ago. Love, hope, joy... those are luxuries she was never built for. She's seen too much heartbreak, lost too much, and carries enough guilt to drown a stronger woman. So she keeps her world simple: Get through the day. Survive the night. Repeat. But everything changes the night her roommate drags her out for "a little fun." Fun, as fate would have it, comes with a price. Because on her knees in a dark room, Esme meets her new reality-two men who treat happiness like the world's darkest joke. Two men shaped by violence, betrayal, and the kind of pasts that steal whole futures. Men who have spent years playing twisted games with life, with death, and with each other. They're jaded. They're dangerous. They've mastered the art of not caring. Until Esme. The moment she stumbles into their world, something shifts. The jokes stop landing. The games stop feeling like games. And fate-cruel, messy, unforgiving fate-ties their paths together in ways none of them ever saw coming. Now there's no turning back. One broken woman who never wanted to be seen. One soulless man with a gun in his hand. One empty-eyed man who thought he could control everything. And the beginning of the one thing none of them are ready for: Fate's most brutal game yet.