The Name We Carry

Freya Nikoloeva was born into a world she never chose.
A daughter.
An heir.
A name people feared.

Niko Russo was built by that same world.
A soldier.
A protector.
A man who knew loyalty mattered more than love.

They were never supposed to meet.

But one rainy night in Albany, two strangers sit across from each other in a small restaurant, unaware that their families, their pasts, and their futures are already connected.

Freya sees the man behind the reputation.

Niko sees the girl behind the name.

And in a world where loyalty is everything, the hardest thing to protect might be each other.