Devil By My Side

The weakest seat at the table. A legacy built on thin ice. And a bodyguard who is far too good at his job.

Rozette "Roz" Grammer is the sole heir to a fading mafia dynasty. As the daughter of the weakest of the underworld's Five Major Families, she is the ultimate soft target. Under the fragile truce of the Crescendo Pact, open war is banned, but the proxy conflicts, quiet assassinations, and political power plays never stop. Trapped in an elegant cage of inherited fear and constant surveillance, Roz desperately craves autonomy and respect, not just protection.

Enter Luigi Bischoff.

Sent by a minor family to fulfill an old debt, Luigi looks entirely unremarkable. He's quiet, plain, and so socially awkward that he can barely handle a normal conversation. But whenever an assassin gets close to Roz, the threat is neutralized before it even registers as danger. He is unsettlingly, almost comically good at his job.

What Roz doesn't know is that Luigi isn't a minor-house errand boy. He is, without exaggeration, the most lethal man alive in their world.

As the threats escalate, from relentless government elites to dangerous rivals, Roz and Luigi are thrown into constant, intense proximity. Forced to rely on each other, Roz begins peeling back the layers of her bodyguard's restraint. But in a world built on layers of deception, uncovering the truth might just break her heart...or get them both killed.