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One prison.
Two girls sentenced to death.
And a Warden who should never have looked twice.
Nobody survives Blackwater. Everybody knows that. Blackwater Penitentiary isn't a prison. It's where the government sends people they want erased. No appeals, no mercy, no release.
Nova Cross already accepted death before they chained her hands. After years in foster care, juvie, abuse, and violence, being sentenced to die barely surprised her.
Burning her abusers alive? That part she doesn't regret.
Lena Shain wasn't supposed to be there either. One night changed everything. One mistake. One dead man. Now she's standing beside Nova with the same sentence:
Death.
When both girls are shipped to Blackwater Penitentiary, and they quickly learn survival isn't about strength. It's about who notices you.
And unfortunately for Lena... The Warden notices her.
Axel James rules Blackwater like a kingdom. Feared by inmates, feared by guards and by everyone. He is cold, untouchable and brutal. And for reasons nobody understands, he refuses to let Lena die.
As prison politics, violence, gangs, corruption, and obsession consume Blackwater, Nova watches something terrifying happen:
The prison begins changing around Lena.
In Blackwater, attention gets people killed. And becoming the Warden's prisoner might be the most dangerous thing of all.