If I’m going to rule, I’ll need a queen.
Side by side, we will reign.
I was raised to be the heir of the Doughty crime family. My entire life was mapped out for me. But at eighteen, I was willing to throw it all away—for her.
Teigan, my angel, my childhood sweetheart, she gave me hope for a life of my choosing.
Until she broke my heart.
For ten years, I’ve thrown myself into the brutal world I was raised for, vowing never to open my heart to anyone ever again.
Then I ...

If I’m going to rule, I’ll need a queen.
Side by side, we will reign.
I was raised to be the heir of the Doughty crime family. My entire life was mapped out for me. But at eighteen, I was willing to throw it all away—for her.
Teigan, my angel, my childhood sweetheart, she gave me hope for a life of my choosing.
Until she broke my heart.
For ten years, I’ve thrown myself into the brutal world I was raised for, vowing never to open my heart to anyone ever again.
Then I found out Teigan had been taken, forced into the seedy underworld I hate.
Used and abused, she’s being sold off like cattle. Despite hating her for breaking my heart, I have to save her—even if it means buying her myself.
When we’re forced to live together, hiding from our enemies, haunted by the past, it’s easy to remember why we fell in love.
Can we battle our demons together and come out stronger?
Or will our fears prevent us from finding our way back to each other?