Being a Boraskova certainly had its perks. The only problem was, it could also get you killed.

After discovering her business partner and best friend was actively trying to cut her out of her own company?while sleeping with her fiancé on the side?Safyia Boraskova didn't just walk away. She burned her multi-million-dollar technology empire to the absolute ground. Erasing her digital footprint, Safyia flees the country to teach in South Korea, desperate to fall off the grid and escape her family's bloody legacy. But the dangerous underworld she was born into has a terrifying way of clawing you right back in.

When her teaching contract unexpectedly goes bust, Safyia is forced to adapt. Her colleague and friend, Areum, secures her a quiet job at a local restaurant, and Safyia finally thinks she's found a peaceful routine.

Until the dangerous, striking ruler of the city walks through the front door.

Seo-Jun Kim is the formidable, unyielding head of the Belgian Concilium Family, commanding absolute territory and fear wherever he steps. He is a predator used to being the hunter, entirely unaware that a lethal threat has followed him into the dining room.

While working her shift, Safyia's elite upbringing triggers when she overhears a group of hidden operatives plotting an immediate, high-stakes hit on Seo-Jun?spoken in flawless, unmistakable Russian. Instantly, the docile teacher persona vanishes, and the lethal Boraskova bloodline takes over. By stepping into the crossfire to intercept the contract and save his life, Safyia shatters her own disguise. Now, thrust into a volatile international syndicate war, Safyia must call upon the terrifying power of her birthright to survive, completely unaware that the ruthless king she just protected is ready to wage a global war just to make her his permanent queen.

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