Ever since she was a child, Delilah Bardot has been obsessed with astronomy. When things are uncertain, nature is where she finds her peace. Stargazing, specifically. She's always struggled with anxiety, and it's one of the only ways she can calm down. Her long time best friend, Elias Thatcher, shares an alike infatuation in astrology. Although not nearly as much as her; he only got into it to spend more time with her. They stargaze together often; spending time together, understanding each other in a way they know nobody else ever will. The problem? He's been in love with her since middle school. The way her eyes light up when she talks about patterns in the sky, and names of stars. She's like sunshine reincarnate, and Elias must have a vitamin D deficiency.

Viktor Volkov had spent most of his life learning how to survive. He had been shaped by violence,trained to kill,and forced to build a life around a past he could no longer remember. By the age of twenty-five,he had become one of the most wanted assassins in the world. So when he was given a new target-the King of Saudi Arabia-Viktor accepted the mission without hesitation. He had no reason to believe this assignment would be any different from the others. He was wrong. Because the moment Viktor was captured inside the king's castle,he expected death. What he didn't expect was Rahman ibn Ali. A king with a sharp tongue,a stubborn attitude,and far too much patience for the assassin who had come to kill him. What begins as an imprisonment slowly becomes something neither of them knows how to handle. Between shared meals,unexpected conversations,and a trust neither of them intended to build,the line between prisoner and captor begins to disappear. But Viktor's life has never been as simple as he believed. And when a forgotten truth from his past finally finds him,he is forced to choose between the life he never knew he had... And the man who had become his home.

𝑬𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒅𝒅, 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒎 , 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕, 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒐, 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆?