When the justice system fails a six-year-old girl, bestselling author Anna van der Merwe quietly steps beyond the line society draws between right and wrong. Beautiful, gentle, and adored, Anna hides a secret beneath her home in George: a basement filled with illegally bred Cape cobras. When the child's abusers walk free, Anna uses her deadly knowledge to deliver the justice the courts refused. But as a determined detective draws closer, Anna must face the truth about mercy, vengeance, and the darkness she never meant to embrace. A gripping psychological thriller about beauty, danger, and the cost of protecting the innocent.