She didn't know him. Had never seen him before. And yet... somehow, she had been the center of his world for years before she even knew his first name. Tulia Tacitus just wants a quiet life. Obsessed with books, music and all things art, she moves through life with quiet self assurance. Something she was never quite given from her parents. Convinced that they'd always just been... busy. To her, they're nothing more than the quintessential workaholic family, distant and professional. She has no idea that the "business" they conduct in the shadows is anything but normal. Lucius is not a man ruled by impulse, which is exactly why he himself is as shocked as anyone to discover his obsession with the daughter of the family that cost him his world. He didn't start watching her out of curiosity, though his lines quickly blurred. He started because he was looking for answers-for leverage, or anything he could get his hands on to settle an old score. But as the lines between a cold-blooded mission and a dangerously real attraction begin to blur, Lucius realizes he's made a fatal error. He didn't come to fall for the girl he was supposed to exploit. He came to watch her, not to want her. Because Lucius doesn't chase, he claims. And Tulia? She has no idea that the man who's intertwined himself so intricately into her life, is the same man who sent out to ruin her.