Reina Malika is exactly the powerhouse she believes herself to be. In the mafia world, power runs through bloodlines, and Reina was born to rule. Fierce, intelligent, and feared, she spent her life preparing for the Malika empire only to have it handed to her younger brother simply because he is a man. Reina refuses to accept it. She will challenge her family, defy tradition, and burn anyone who stands in her way. Because in the Malika family, power is not given. It is taken. But Reina is not only a queen in waiting. She is a mother. Her children are her greatest weakness and her deepest motivation, the reason every move is calculated and every risk taken. What Reina does not know is that the life she is fighting for may one day put her face-to-face with the very thing she never planned for. Her own blood standing on the other side of the law. And when power, loyalty, and family collide, only one will survive .