In His Shadow

**Prologue**

The city glittered beneath the night sky, every skyscraper a monument to ambition, power, and wealth. From his penthouse, high above the world, Alexander Wolfe gazed out over the empire he had built. His name was whispered with reverence and fear in boardrooms and back alleys alike, a man who had risen from nothing to become one of the most influential billionaires in the world. But even from the top, surrounded by luxury and control, he felt an emptiness, an invisible void that money could never fill.

Down below, on the crowded streets far from his glass kingdom, Evie Hart lived a life untouched by the shadows of wealth. She moved through the world with a quiet grace, her wide eyes filled with wonder and innocence that the city had not yet stolen from her. For Evie, the world was still simple, a place where kindness mattered more than success, where dreams were free and love was pure.

Two lives that should never have crossed. Two souls from opposite worlds.

Yet, fate has a way of twisting even the most distant paths together.

In the days to come, their worlds would collide-his dark and dangerous, hers pure and fragile. And nothing would ever be the same. For Alexander, she was a light in the void. For Evie, he was the storm that threatened to shatter everything she believed.

Neither could have predicted the consequences. Neither could have known how deeply they would be drawn into each other's orbit.

But one thing was certain.

Once their lives intertwined, there would be no going back.