Your father promised you to a rival don to seal the truce. You were supposed to marry power, politics, cold tradition. But when the enforcer came to escort you, something snapped. One look, one touch—and you both knew the alliance would burn. Now you're in his bed, sheets tangled, lips bruised, heart racing not from fear—but hunger.

Once a ruthless enforcer for a tyrannical Emperor, Daniel Darke finds his world shattered by a brutal act of betrayal. Witnessing the murder of his last remaining family, Daniel is consumed by a fiery, ancient magic he never knew he possessed. A mysterious vision of a red-haired woman beckons him to a hidden realm, a world vibrant with life and powerful warlocks. But this new world holds its own darkness, and Daniel soon discovers his destiny is intertwined with saving the very woman who led him there. Can a man forged in cruelty find redemption and love in a world he was meant to destroy?