She was raised like royalty. He was raised to ruin it.
Now she wears his name… and he wears her soul.

Adelina Rosenthal Petrova is the golden girl of politics — poised, untouchable, and caged by legacy. Born to be a queen in a world of calculated smiles and backroom wars, she knows how to hold power without ever being allowed to wield it.

Until he arrives.

Lukas Volkoff.
Her bodyguard.
Her stalker.
Her obsession in the dark.

He’s not just assigned to protect her — he’s here to claim what’s already his. He’s a Mafia heir cloaked in tailored suits and silent danger, with blood on his hands and Adelina in his crosshairs. He’s been watching her for years. Waiting. Hunting. And now, he’s stepping out of the shadows with a single warning:

"I don’t protect what isn’t mine."

Trapped between the throne she was bred for and the man who wants to burn it all down for her, Adelina is forced into a world of obsession, control, and unholy desire.

But in Lukas’s world, love isn’t soft.
It bruises. It bleeds.
It owns.

She was born with power.
He came to possess it.
And now, she’s his favorite war.

Chapter 34 - Author's note