Two Men. One bold girl. A war worth burning a city for.When Ava Brett’s father dies, he leaves behind something more dangerous than grief:a secret debt owed to the Capone crime syndicate.Dario Capone Leader of the Capone crime syndicate, ruthless, and feared walks into her home with one message:“Your father owes me millions. And if he can’t pay…you will.”But Ava isn’t soft. She stands in front of her mother, curses him out.That boldness ignites something in him Dario decides he owns Ava since they couldn’t pay.Ava refuses.She’s never bowed to anyone, not even the devil standing in her living room.Desperate to protect her mother, she bargains for 48 hours to find the money.But the world doesn’t care about her determination.Rejected by every loan company, walking out into the night rain with shattered hope, Ava is almost hit by a black car.The furious driver steps out tall, sharp-jawed, dangerously calm.Adrian Walton. Billionaire. CEO of Walton Industries.The man who controls the city’s legal world… and secretly shapes its illegal one.The moment he looks into Ava’s eyes, something shifts.She doesn’t know who he is.She doesn’t care about his power.She talks back.She’s fire, and he’s starving for warmth.But when Adrian learns Dario Capone has claimed her, a silent war ignites between two kings of different empires.Dario wants to own her.Adrian wants to save her.Aria refuses to be claimed by any man, but her heart is not listening. Until the line between danger and desire disappears.. and choosing one man might destroy the other.