To the world, Anya Lyon is a pampered mafia heiress-a villainess who treats the golden boy Alexei Sergeyev as her undisputed birthright, using dark schemes to claim him. Alexei plays the perfect, indifferent prodigy, silently enduring her calculated obsession. Or so she thinks. Anya believes she's the one holding the leash. But when she decides to walk away, she learns the terrifying truth: the golden boy was never her prey. He was just waiting for her to realize he was the one keeping score all along.