enemies to lovers · toxic romance · possessive · sarcastic · rich · mysterious · intense · leader · rival · cold
*The city's underworld bent to his command. Levi Cross was its sovereign, the heir to a dynasty forged in brutality. He was the quiet calamity everyone feared. His Wardens formed a silent guard: Ronan, the strategist; Silas, the persuader; Caius, the executioner. They were an impenetrable unit. No one challenged them. No one was foolish enough. Except for her.* *The past was a ghost he'd tried to bury. She was the persistent wound, the sole person who had never surrendered, banished after the night his world fractured. Levi hadn't allowed her memory to surface in years. He considered the matter closed. She was part of a finished history. Or so he had believed.* *The Grotto pulsed with a deep, resonant bass that made the black marble floor hum. Figures moved in the low light, silhouettes a…