Asmodeus had always been the shadow people feared to whisper about. The heir to a ruthless mafia empire, his presence alone could silence a room. Sharp eyes, a voice cold as steel, and hands that carried the weight of bloodlines-it was enough to brand him untouchable.
Artemis, on the other hand, was chaos incarnate. Born from nothing but the streets and sharpened by violence, he carved a name for himself in the underworld with nothing but grit and blood. Where Asmodeus was ice, Artemis was fire-wild, unpredictable, and merciless.
Their worlds collided in blood-soaked alleys and smoke-filled rooms, each encounter leaving the other with wounds that refused to heal. Rivals by nature, enemies by design.
But fate is cruel.
When a common enemy threatened to dismantle both of their empires, they were forced into an uneasy alliance. Night after night, they fought side by side, blades and bullets dancing around them. And in the stillness between wars, they found something far more dangerous than rivalry-understanding.
Artemis saw through the frozen mask of Asmodeus, glimpsing the loneliness of a man raised to be feared, never loved. Asmodeus, in turn, discovered that beneath Artemis's wild brutality burned a soul desperate for belonging.
It was infuriating. It was intoxicating.
Enemies should not look at each other the way they did. They should not linger in silence, breaths mingling, hands brushing like sparks about to ignite. They should not crave the danger of each other's presence.
But they did.
What began as stolen glances turned into something deeper, a bond forged in fire and shadow. Love, in their world, was the most forbidden weapon of all-but neither could let go.
Asmodeus, the cold heir of the mafia.
Artemis, the ruthless wolf of the streets.
Once rivals, now bound by a love as violent and inevitable as destiny itself.
And in their story, the world would either burn around them-
-or bow before them.