Ares de Luca, son of Dominic and Katerina de Luca, is flawed but powerful is afraid of letting others in because of his past is afraid to trust because he fears betrayal. That is until he meets her, Alessandra Bianchi. She is beautiful and intelligent, an assassin the best in her class believes in her morals taught by her mother. One day she is sent to kill him. They cross paths, and he desires her, and she hesitates to fall into his trap. He is willing to start a war for her to protect her, not knowing her origin. Will they be able to face the price or be consumed by the desideratum?