He broke into the wrong house.

Adrian Cruz has spent his life surviving?stealing just enough to keep himself and his sick mother afloat. He doesn't take risks. He doesn't make mistakes. And he never gets caught.

Until the night he walks into a penthouse that was never meant to be empty.

Nikolai Volkov isn't just a powerful man?he's a crime lord who owns the city, its secrets, and the people in it. Cold. Untouchable. Dangerous. When Adrian ends up in his bedroom with his hands on the safe, there's only one outcome that makes sense.

Death.

But Nikolai doesn't pull the trigger.

Instead, he offers a deal.

One year.

One contract.

One life that no longer belongs to Adrian.

Now trapped inside a world of power, violence, and control, Adrian is forced to work for the very man who could destroy him. Stealing. Spying. Crossing lines he swore he never would.

And the worst part?

It's not the danger that gets to him.

It's Nikolai.

The way he watches.

The way he commands.

The way he says mine like it means something more.

Because beneath the cold rules and ruthless power, there's something else?something darker, deeper, and far more dangerous than the mafia war building around them.

Obsession.

Nikolai doesn't just want loyalty.

He wants control.

He wants devotion.

He wants Adrian.

And Adrian is starting to want him back.

But in a world where trust is weakness and love is a liability, falling for a mafia don could cost him everything?his freedom, his future...

And his life.