Book #1 of the "Claimed Series". She was never meant to survive the night. He made sure she did. A ruthless mafia boss with blood on his hands and power in his name, he doesn't rescue her-he claims her. No deals. No escape. From the moment she steps under his protection, her life is no longer her own. He controls the city. He controls her enemies. And slowly, deliberately, he controls her. In his world, love isn't gentle. It's possessive. Violent. Absolute. And once he decides she belongs to him, the dark is the safest-and most dangerous-place she'll ever be.

I promised to take care of him until he didn't need me anymore. I made a mistake. I was twenty-two. Just a broke artist with a pair of scissors and a flashlight, hired to be his nanny. I did my best. I built him a sky out of cardboard boxes. I held his hand when the thunder was too loud. I taught him that he didn't have to be alone in the dark. But children grow up. And Silas Vane grew up... different. As the years passed, I started noticing things I couldn't explain. My dates getting cancelled. My debts mysteriously paid off. The feeling of eyes watching me while I slept. I thought I was raising a lonely boy. I didn't realize I was becoming the center of a dangerous obsession. Now, he is a man. A genius who controls everything around him. And he has finally solved the only equation that matters: How to keep me forever.