King is a man carved by the streets—sharp, calculating, untouchable. His name rings through the city with equal parts fear and respect. He moves like a ghost, trusts no one, and keeps his world tightly controlled.
Until her.
She enters his life quietly, softly, without knowing the danger that follows him like a shadow. King swore he’d never let a woman into the heart he keeps barricaded behind years of betrayal and bloodshed. But her presence hits different. Her calm becomes his peace, and her warmth cracks open something in him he didn’t know still existed.
But the streets always demand a price.
And this time, they come for her.