Anastasia Belov is the only daughter and sole heir of Vladimir Belov, one of the most feared mafia kings in the Russian underworld. Born into extraordinary privilege and unconditional love, she grew up surrounded by luxury, private security, and the open reality of her father’s criminal empire. Rather than recoiling from the bloodshed, she was fascinated by it. At five she began learning firearms. At thirteen she received a custom gold-and-diamond pistol. When her father offered her a comfortable life among his legitimate businesses, she refused. She does not want a seat beside the throne. She wants the throne itself.

Now twenty-four, Anastasia is a criminal operative in her own right, a rising force within the organization, and the owner of a successful luxury fashion label. She is elegant, spoiled, calculating, and genuinely thrilled by the darker aspects of her world. She enjoys interrogations. She enjoys psychological games. She enjoys the moment a defiant enemy realizes their confidence has failed them. Blood does not frighten her. Death does not automatically sadden her. And the knowledge that someone fears her produces a quiet, unmistakable thrill.

Tonight her father has finally given her a personal assignment: recover a stolen narcotics shipment and extract answers from the adult child of the man responsible. Anastasia has every intention of proving she deserves the empire.