In Rome, magic does not spring from history... it is written in blood and sealed behind closed doors A forced marriage built on extortion and scheme... Laura Lopez sought nothing more than to save her mother's life, only to find herself bound by a dark bargain to the dangerous Medici family And Kris Medici... the formidable man who ascended the throne as the Mayor of Rome, fulfilling his father's dream by seamlessly commanding both the law and the underworld He intended for her to be a mere pawn on a political chessboard, but he never calculated for a woman brave enough to stand directly in his fire Amid wiretaps, deadly conspiracies, scorching passion, and forgiveness born from the depths of pain... hatred turned into an absolute, merciless devotion He sought to use her to reach the pinnacle of power... only for her to conquer his heart and become his true empire Caught between the scars of the past and the undeniable love forged in the present, a violent collision, a lethal contradiction...

Quiet ballet student Choi Jiwoo lives by one rule: never let anyone see who she really is. At Haneul High, she's quiet, guarded, and forgettable. By night, she's MG-an anonymous investigator exposing the city's darkest secrets from behind a screen. Keeping those two lives separate has never been difficult. Until Ye-on, the only person she's ever let close, becomes the target of relentless bullying... and a boy from the neighboring Daehan High starts seeing through the walls she's spent years building. The closer the truth gets, the harder it becomes to decide which version of herself is real.