Secrets of Blood

"Loyalty before love-until love becomes the only loyalty that matters."

Malachi has three rules:
Kill threats.
Protect family.
Never love.

Freya breaks all three.

In a city ruled by shadows, loyalty is everything-and love is a liability.

Freya Skye was never meant to cross paths with the mafia. Soft-spoken, observant, and fiercely loyal to the people she loves, she believes in goodness even when the world gives her every reason not to. But one wrong moment, one glance held too long, and Freya is pulled into a world where silence keeps you alive and trust can get you killed.

Malachi Barton has been raised to rule that world.

As the heir to one of the most powerful crime families, Malachi knows only control, violence, and loyalty forged in blood. He doesn't hesitate. He doesn't fall. And he certainly doesn't protect civilians-until Freya becomes the exception to every rule he's ever lived by.

Hiding her should have been temporary.
Protecting her should have been strategic.
Falling for her was never supposed to happen.

Surrounded by a dangerously loyal inner circle-his sharp-witted best friend MK, the reckless yet brilliant Percy Jackson, and the calculating Annabeth Chase-Malachi must decide how far he's willing to go to keep Freya safe. Meanwhile, Freya leans on her fearless best friend Sway as the lines between right and wrong blur beyond recognition.

Because in Malachi's world, love isn't gentle.
It's ruthless.
And touching her comes with a death sentence.

In a game built on power and betrayal, choosing her might be the one decision that destroys them all.