I offered myself to a monster to save my little sister.
Maxim Orlov came to collect a blood debt from my family.
He wanted the youngest Morozov bride.
So I took her place.
Now I wear the ring of a Bratva Pakhan feared even by men who think themselves untouchable.
I should hate him for claiming me.
For locking me inside his mansion.
For making my body betray every warning in my head.
But Maxim does not touch me like a punishment.
He touches me like I am already his obsession.
And when betrayal rises inside his own empire, I learn the cruelest truth of all:
The man who took me as payment may be the only one willing to burn the world to keep me.
She spared her sister the monster—and became his favorite prey.