Powe rcomes at a cost. Alex Volkov learned that long ago. Empires aren't built on mercy. They aren't held together by love. And they don't survive weakness. He made his choices. He built his world. And he paid for it. But there's one thing he never planned for. Her. Lily was never supposed to be part of this. Never supposed to see the truth behind the power. Never supposed to stand this close to them an everyone else fears. But she did. And now— She's not just in his world. She's part of it. Because love, in a world like his, isn't soft. It isn't safe