She wanted the monster. She became his legacy.
Seraphina Vance doesn't know what fear is. Abandoned by her globetrotting model mother in a sprawling, empty mansion, Sera grew up craving chaos. When she sets her sights on Dante Moretti, the ruthless, blood-soaked king of Ravencrest Academy and the underground Moretti Syndicate, she doesn't run from his threats. She leans into them.
Dante tries to push her away, knowing his world is a death sentence. But when a rival syndicate strikes, Sera doesn't cower; she drives a scalpel through an enemy's hand and seals her fate in blood and smoke.
From high school enemies to a toxic, all-consuming dark romance, they rule the underground side-by-side. Until the night the king falls.
Betrayed from within, Dante takes three bullets to protect her, dying in her arms and leaving her the sole heir to a bleeding empire. Alone, pregnant, and hunted, Sera rules with iron cruelty until federal raids tear her away from her two-year-old son, leaving him in the care of her trusted friend, Julia.
Years later, Sera walks out of a maximum-security prison with a frozen heart and one mission: vengeance.
Only to discover that Julia has vanished, stealing her child, wiping her identity, and raising Damian to believe she is his mother.
Now, Sera must hunt down her betrayer across continents, battle a rebellious teenage son who mirrors his dead father's dangerous defiance, and race against a terminal cancer diagnosis to claim her bloodline before time runs out.
In the world of the Moretti Syndicate, love is a weapon, betrayal is a death sentence, and darkness is a birthright.