A Vow Of Ruin

After her mother's death, Akari James is forced to leave behind everything she knows and move in with her estranged father in a city that feels suffocatingly unfamiliar. Starting her senior year at a new school should be her chance to begin again, but the halls are filled with strangers, secrets, and silent rules she doesn't understand. The loneliness of her new life weighs heavily-until she meets him.

Lucien Vitale. Cold. Magnetic. Dangerous. The heir to the Vitale family-royalty in a kingdom built not on crowns, but on blood and power. Everyone fears him, no one dares to cross him, and yet Akari finds herself pulled into his world with an intensity she can't escape.

But the deeper she falls for Lucien, the more she realizes the truth: this city is ruled by the mafia, its grip choking every family and every corner of her new life. And Lucien isn't just part of that darkness-he's destined to inherit it.

Now Akari stands at a crossroads. To stay by Lucien's side means surrendering to a world of violence, betrayal, and blood debts. To walk away may be the only way to save herself. But her heart-and Lucien's dangerous obsession with her-may already have decided her fate.