"You have twenty-four hours to decide whether you want to stay or return to your father." Ronan's green eyes never leave my face.
Maddox leans closer. "Then you become ours. All three of us. No outside connections. No secrets. You'll belong to us completely, Alina."
I should be terrified. Instead, electricity races through me.
They call me the Commissioner's daughter. Untouchable. Innocent. Off limits. They have no idea I've spent five years hunting my mother's killer. Then one reckless night at Chicago's most notorious underground club changes everything. On a dare, I kiss a blood-soaked fighter. By morning, three kings of Chicago's criminal underworld have their eyes on me.
Jaxon, the brutal enforcer with amber eyes and a hunger for vengeance. Maddox, the silver-tongued strategist who promises answers I shouldn't want. Ronan, the former cop who sees through every lie I've told, especially the ones I tell myself. When a rival gang tries to turn me into a message written in blood, the Serpents don't just save me. They claim me.
Now I'm caught between my father's corrupt empire and three dangerous men who want me to choose a side. The closer I get to the truth about my mother's death, the more I realize everyone around me is hiding something. My father built walls to keep me from the darkness. He should have taught me how to survive inside it.
Because I was never the innocent daughter he tried to protect. And when I finally take my crown, the question won't be whether I'll survive. It will be whether anyone else will.