18 Части Завершенная история Some people fight the system. Others learn to serve it in the only way that makes sense.
May Ashford has spent years working in financial crimes for the NCA, following the money trails that keep London's underground world alive. She knows the truth most don't want to admit-crime and power aren't enemies. They are partners. And in the delicate balance of corruption and control, the Lombardi family stands at the centre of it all.
Adam Lombardi was born into power. The heir to one of the most respected, feared, and dangerously ethical crime families in London, he isn't a villain-but he's no hero either. Unlike the other syndicates that rule the city, the Lombardis refuse to deal in weapons, drugs, or senseless violence. Their business is control. Their currency is influence. Their survival depends on knowing exactly when to strike and when to stay silent.
When May and Adam's paths collide in an unexpected moment of vulnerability, neither of them realizes what they've set into motion. She should be investigating him. He should be eliminating her as a threat. Instead, they start protecting each other in ways neither can explain.
She isn't his enemy. He isn't her case.
And in a world where loyalty is currency, power is survival, and morality is negotiable, they both begin to understand the same truth-
There is no justice. There is no clean escape. There is only the system they serve.