Olivia Hall has spent her life in the light-devoted daughter, dedicated nurse, and faithful believer. But one fateful night, a wrong turn leads her straight into the shadows. Kidnapped and forced to patch up a dying man in a world she doesn't understand, Olivia finds herself standing at the edge of a dangerous precipice.
King is a name whispered in fear and reverence-a man who owns the city's underbelly. Ruthless. Untouchable. Yet, for reasons unknown, he spares Olivia, dragging her into his world one careful step at a time. But is she a pawn in his game, or something more?
With every encounter, the line between right and wrong blurs, and Olivia must decide-will she run from the darkness, or will she learn to survive within it?
His fingers never touched her.
But somehow, her entire body remembered the feel of them.
He stood close-too close to be innocent, too far to be claimed.
The air between them buzzed like heat on skin. Like unfinished thoughts. Like temptation pressed into silence.
Nia didn't mean to look at him again.
But when she did, he was already looking at her.
Again.
Same eyes. Same calm. Same unspoken question written across his mouth:
Do you feel this too?
She exhaled slow, like breathing too fast might set her on fire.
He leaned in just enough for his words to graze her ear.
"I meant to let you go after that night," he murmured. "But now that I've seen you again..."
His voice dropped.
"I don't want to."
And just like that, the chaos she thought she left behind-
Became the thing leading her straight back to him.