The Shadow & the Sovereign

She's the shadow no one can catch.
He's the sovereign no one dares cross.

Irida Selena Vassiliou is a myth whispered through the underworld - a deadly Greek assassin who leaves no trace but blood and silence. She answers to no one, trusts almost no one, and keeps her past buried deeper than her blades.

Alessio Dorian Ferretti is the youngest and most feared mafia boss in Italy, a sovereign cloaked in silence and smoke. Cold, brilliant, and unreadable, he doesn't make threats. He makes promises - and keeps them with blood.

Their paths were never meant to cross. But when a hit goes wrong in Athens and Irida finds herself in Alessio's line of sight, she becomes a player in a game no one warned her about - a game of power, betrayal, and slow-burning obsession.

He offers her a place at his side. She offers him nothing but defiance.

But in a world where loyalty is currency and love is a weakness, can two killers trust anything but instinct?

Because the only thing more dangerous than wanting each other...
...is needing each other.