I never thought I'd be shot by an angel.
For decades, my father ruled the Midwestern drug trade. He was as ruthless as he was untouchable. Now, he's only breathing because I allow it.
Revenge has always been my plan.
Then I met Grace: small-town sunshine wrapped in innocence and bright smiles. She's the kind of woman who shouldn't be anywhere near a man like me. But the more I'm around her, the more I realize our jagged pieces somehow fit.
Fire meeting ice. Dark meeting dawn. Two fractured souls colliding.
She wasn't supposed to be at the docks that night. She wasn't supposed to witness what she saw.
And she definitely wasn't supposed to pull the trigger.
Now she's tangled in a world that devours people, and I'm the only thing standing between her and the monsters circling ever closer.
The problem?
She thinks I'm one of the good guys. The hero in her story.
She has no idea I'm the villain.