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As a wolf, my hate towards Hunters was born from fire and blood. What's the most embarrassing thing you can do at the airport? Try accidentally stealing a sinfully gorgeous stranger's bag at the carousel—a stranger who also happens to be a dangerous bratva boss. It doesn't take him long to track me down. And from the knowing smile on his face when I open the door... I know he saw everything I packed for my best friend's bachelorette party, from the dresses to the heels to the scandalously tiny swimsuit.

A Bratva Boss forced me into a marriage I never wanted, for a reason that I refuse to believe. There's no reason for him to even look at an ordinary girl like me. Let alone marry one. By day, Nikolai Starukhin is an art collector with an eye for beauty. By night, he's a ruthless Bratva boss whose hands deal in broken things and pain. Our paths crossed when he saved me from a creep. I thought that was where our story ended. And then I noticed what he left behind: An invitation to his art gallery. I should have said no. I should've thrown it away.

I met him at an ill-fated wedding under a storm of bullets. He saved me and gave me something that I never knew my entire life: What it feels like to be valued. To be wanted. But even after he slipped his ring on my finger, there were still secrets that he kept from me. Secrets that made me think I would always come in second. I thought I already gave him everything he needed, but I was wrong. He took my body, he stole my heart, and he locked up my soul.

Andrei Barinov is the heir of the Barinov Bratva—a prince with the world at his fingertips. I was working as a wedding photographer, trying to forget my cheating ex-fiancé when my path crossed with his. He offered me a chance to escape, throw caution to the wind, and forget my troubles. I never got a chance to tell him my answer when the bullets started flying. He saved me that day, and I thought I'd never see him again. Until I find him standing in my kitchen. He's making the same offer to me again. But this time, he's not giving me a choice.

Arsen Isakov is the rich A-hole trying to buy out my family's dance studio after my father's death. I wanted to give him a piece of my mind and tell him that we'd never sell. But the moment he sat down across the table from me, I realized I'd seen him before. Last night, in fact. When he killed a man in cold blood. He says he's prepared to discuss the sale with me over drinks. The place he picks? The same place where I saw him kill someone.

I agreed to marry a bratva boss in exchange for him protecting my mother. The moment my paths crossed with Arsen Isakov, normality went out the window. I went along with his twisted plan of a fake marriage—all to keep my mother safe—and walked down the aisle towards him with my head held high. Nothing prepared me for becoming pregnant with his child. Nothing prepared me to learn the dark truths of our shared past. When I found out, I did the only thing I could: I ran.

You know how the story goes: Girl runs away from home with a dream and goes to the big city. She meets her knight in shining armor, falls in love, and finds her happily ever after. I only wish my story were this simple. Because Nikolai Starukhin is no knight in shining armor. He kidnapped me so that I might pay for the sins of my father. He trapped me in my wildest fantasies. He ensnared me with promises to protect me. And in the process, he forced me to become a player in his dangerous game. Losing means paying the ultimate price. But my life isn't the only one at risk.

Picked out a dress. Accepted his ring. Walked down the aisle under the watchful eyes of more killers than I can count. And became his wife. I resolved to keep my heart shut from him. Until this marriage of convenience took an unexpected turn… And became something very real. Just as I started to believe in how real it was, he did something unforgivable.

Andrei Barinov deceived me and made me a partner in his crimes. Underneath his handsome face was a bottomless sea of darkness. One that threatened to drown me beneath its pitiless waves. He knew a secret that was hidden from me my entire life—the truth about my family, a family that he destroyed. And now I risk losing what little I have left. Because the final question that remains unanswered is this: Can my heart truly belong to a monster like Andrei Barinov? Or was everything doomed from the very beginning?

Good girls don't pick fights with a handsome billionaire at the dry cleaner's. Good girls don't steal his bespoke suit. Good girls don't take pictures of themselves wearing only a suit jacket. And good girls definitely don't hit send. But after catching my cheating ex-fiancé in the act three days before the wedding... being a good girl was the last thing on my mind. And that's when I meet Vadim Stravinsky. His storm-gray eyes notice the mascara smudged on my face. Despite making him the unexpected target of my frustrations and heartbreak, he leaves me with his card.