MAFIA AND MUSE

Khem Thanawat has spent years becoming the most feared man in Bangkok.

As the head of a powerful criminal empire, he trusts no one, loves no one, and believes attachment is nothing more than a weakness waiting to be exploited. Covered in tattoos that tell the story of everything he has survived, Khem has built his life around control.

Then Napat Chaiyasit walks into his café with rain in his hair, paint on his sweater, and absolutely no idea who Khem is.

Napat is a soft-spoken Fine Arts student who sees beauty where others only see danger. When he sketches Khem, he does not draw the money, the power, or the violence surrounding him.

He draws a lonely man.

That single portrait becomes the beginning of an obsession neither of them understands.

As Khem quietly inserts himself into Napat's life, protecting him from the shadows and learning what it feels like to be seen without fear, Napat finds himself drawn to the wounded man beneath the reputation. But love has always come with a price in Khem's world, and when an enemy from his past discovers what Napat means to him, the young artist becomes more than Khem's muse.

He becomes his greatest weakness.

In a world built on blood, loyalty, and betrayal, Khem must decide whether loving Napat will save the man he used to be or destroy the only person who ever saw him clearly.