❝You can escape the law, and run from the people you sinned but you cannot hide from us.❞ A corrupted world that's composed of nine countries with nine formidable mafias, and several other crime organizations, which caused taint to an innocent woman's life after being entangled in a murder scene, resulting for her to be imprisoned in an alliance, and thrown to its world's den of darkness where she was mauled to face the abyss with a promise. * * * Burning empires. Powerful allies, build bridges for the quest of honor. Crossing paths with someone, all for a role to partake. From bond to bound fate; hence, capturing the attention of someone in the underworld crime network, and being forced to survive the dire straits that'll happen with his entrance. Yet, for the senator's daughter to really meet the ruthless, Esperian Mafia man. A paradoxical thought unless destiny is playing a game for love or is it for death? As all hues fall, Obsession will turn into madness. Compassion subsides as revenge ignites. Romance will be graced with blood. Proximity becomes longing. And a power struggle that'll replace the order with chaos. * * * Sabelle "Belle" Calixta Dela Vega: A law student turned lawyer, navigating the world of chaos with her black pumps, case files which contain criminal cases, & vengeance keeping her in check from falling in love. Vittorio "Vitto" Santino Ferrante: The heir & current underboss to the Esperian Mafia, who has his family's core belief, "blood is your ally" ingrained in his principles. * * * "Then why do your eyes believe in me, love?" My mouth opened in ajar for a moment and I saw him spared a look at it as he awaits my response. "Don't play with me or I will make you look for me in every living moment you have." I coquettishly declare a promise to him. "Careful. I'm capable of that." He fixed his gaze to me and curled his lips to a smile with his eyes moving down when I outstared him. "Let's get to know each other, yeah?"

Book One: Some gardens grow flowers. Others grow secrets. When Elias tends to the forgotten garden his mother once loved, he unknowingly awakens a realm hidden beneath petals and roots, a world bound to someone who hasn't aged in lifetimes. Althea, the keeper of the Realm of Light between worlds, reveals a truth buried in their family's past and a future shaped by meaningful trials. Together with his sister Lina, whose life was once slipping through her fingers, Elias must choose: to stay in a world that is slowly forgetting them, or cross the veil to become something more. But where magic blooms, darkness roots deeper. And some doors, once opened, do not close quietly.