When Nessa joins a covert mafia unit led by a cold, ruthless boss, more monster than man, she steps into a world where trust is earned in blood and secrets run deeper than loyalty. The team operates in the shadows of Russia's most dangerous criminal networks. At the center is a man stripped of emotion, feared by enemies and allies alike. And Nessa, a woman who's spent her life pushing people away, trusting no one, is suddenly supposed to trust him with her life. They were forced into a world built on violence and deception, to find something neither of them ever dared to dream of. A slow-burn romance set in the heart of darkness. ************************************ Sneak peek: The moment he took off the blindfold, she didn't wait to see who it was. She pushed him away with all the strength she had left, kicking, struggling, fighting to stay alive. He grabbed both her wrists, holding them firmly, then she heard his voice, low and close. The Boss: "It's me, Nessa..." It was the first time he'd ever said her name. She froze, looked around the room, bodies everywhere, blood soaking the floor. And then she saw him right in front of her. "He came." She didn't even notice her own blood, the bruises, the pain. Nessa: "You came? Are you out of your mind? You were shot a day ago! I came here for you! And you dare show up like this, with a wo" Before she could finish, he pulled her into his chest. No words. Her eyes widened, and her tears fell. The Boss: "It's okay... You're safe." © 2025 Sara Habboubi. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be copied, reproduced, distributed, or used in any form without the author's prior written consent.

𝒜 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻 𝒱𝒾𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝒶'𝓈 𝒮𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶 𝓃𝑒𝓌.𝐻𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒶𝓈𝓃'𝓉 𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝓎𝑒𝓉 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒶 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝓁𝒶𝒸𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉.𝒜𝓃 𝑜𝒹𝒹 𝒷𝑜𝓎 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒾𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒶𝓁𝒻 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓊𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓇 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓅𝑜𝓈𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃.𝒲𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝑒𝓉 𝓊𝓅 𝒷𝓎 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝑀𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇?𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝓊𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝑅𝑒𝓅𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉?𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝓋𝑜𝓁𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈'𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽?

Ithriya one of the Seven Lands, it used to be the holy land of wizards, and a peaceful land for it's citizens, unfortunately an event occurred that ended up making Ithriya alter to a calamitous place, bisect into different lands, only the braves venture in Ithriya and few can survive to the harshness of the lands.