Vladimir Al Ivanov is the most dangerous man alive, the undisputed king of the mafia and absolute ruler of the Ivanov Empire. Cold, dominant, intelligent and terrifyingly powerful. He has spent his entire life building high, unbreakable walls around his heart. No one has ever seen him soft, vulnerable or truly human… until her. With Hirea, everything changes. Only with her does he lower his walls. He tries — sometimes clumsily, sometimes intensely — to be gentle, attentive and romantic. He becomes protective in a way that borders on obsession, yet softens his voice when he speaks to her. He blushes when she looks at him too long, gets flustered when she teases him, and shows a rare, almost boyish tenderness that no one else will ever witness. Around her, the feared mafia king becomes something else entirely: devoted, possessive, and secretly desperate to be worthy of the only woman who makes his cold heart beat.

Dante is Ivanov right-hand man and the only person in the world who can call him “brother” without getting shot. Loyal to the bone, deadly when needed, and completely unhinged in the best way. He has a sharp tongue, zero filter, and an endless supply of sarcastic comments that somehow always manage to make even Vladimir crack a smirk. They grew up together in the underworld and trust each other more than blood. Dante is the only one who dares to tease the mafia king, drag him out of his dark moods, and remind him he’s still human. Behind the jokes and the constant banter, he would burn the entire world down for Vladimir without hesitation. Charming, reckless, and dangerously good-looking, Dante is the chaos to Ivanov’s control… and the closest thing he has to family.