Blood Ties & Broken Codes

They say in Manila, the De Leons own the night and everyone in it. You don't cross them. You don't ask questions. And you definitely don't witness things you were never meant to see.

Ysabel "Ysa" Marquez is just an ordinary student studying Industrial Computer Technology, working part-time to feed her family, and doing everything she can to stay out of trouble. But one rainy night, a wrong turn through the warehouse district changes everything. She sees what the De Leons are hiding... and comes face-to-face with Kael "The Shadow" De Leon himself.

Cold, silent, and feared by all, Kael doesn't leave witnesses alive. But something about this sharp, stubborn girl makes him pause. Instead of silencing her, he drags her into his world locked behind steel doors, watched by armed men, and trapped by secrets she never asked to carry.

At first, she's nothing but a pawn. But when their systems get breached and their enemies close in, Ysa's tech skills turn out to be the one thing Kael can't live without. Lines blur between captor and protector, enemy and ally, and soon Ysa realizes the deadliest thing in this game isn't the guns or the wars, it's falling for the man who holds her life in his hands.

But old secrets are rising. Her missing father, a betrayal from within, and a rival clan hungry for blood will force them to fight side by side, even if it means breaking every rule they've ever known.

Some ties are written in blood. Others... are written in code.

Author: MissS_Writes

Blood ties don't break.
Codes can be rewritten.
But falling for your captor?
That is a death sentence.