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Zariah Reid, a 20-year-old dropout, spends her entire life caring for her nephew, whom her older sister abandoned when she upped and vanished.
Giovanni Costa is a cunning, cold, and brutal man who has spent his entire life working for the infamous mafia.
As Giovanni is dispatched to locate the next heir to their throne, what will transpire when these two come into contact.
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