I didn't ask for the shadows to find me.They did… right when I thought I was safe.And once they did, I knew there was no turning back. Carissa Elliott was tired of running.Tired of hiding.Tired of losing everyone she loved.Father, mother, roommate—taken by a man obsessed with claiming her. She swore she'd never belong to him. Never.A trip to Miami was supposed to be a brief escape. Instead, she fell into the arms of Alec McLean—dark, dangerous, haunted by his own ghosts.A kingpin ruling with an iron fist and living under the weight of revenge. When a deadly attack forces her to run, she's thrust into the ruthless, shadowed depths of New York's underbelly. No matter how far she goes, she's bound—by blood, by fire, by unbreakable fate—to the man who once branded her with a single kiss. They're caught in a deadly game—where trust is a lie, power is a weapon, and love might be their only hope for survival. Can she outrun her past? Or are the monsters finally catching up?