❝This is what going to happen ❞ he pauses ❝ You're going to take off my fucking belt, wrap it around that beautiful neck of yours and get on your knees or so help me❞ Sofiya and Zenith were once inseparable, their friendship a fierce flame flickering in the dangerous shadows of their mafia families. But when a shocking betrayal rocks the Bratva, all fingers point to Sofiya's family, leading to a devastating fallout that shatters their bond and forces her family into hiding. Years later, Sofiya has emerged from her ashes, determined to reclaim her rightful place as the heir to her father's empire despite the suffocating misogyny doubt that come with being a woman in a male-dominated world. Now in college and ready to carve her own path, Her resolve is tested when she attends an initiation ceremony for a clandestine mafia society, where power dynamics shift and loyalties are questioned. that promises power and respect. Just as she begins to embrace her destiny, she unexpectedly crosses paths with Zenith-a man transformed into a cold, ruthless commanding figure in the Bratva, and the last person she ever expected to see again but now he has seen her, he wants to keep her and will do anything to keep her.