Born in blood, I was a mafia princess. Keeping her life a secret, she was California's sweetheart. The day my father sold my thirteen-year-old body to pay off his debts, my mother took me away under the cover of darkness. She protected us as best she could.

My father may have become a king, but my mother was a queen. Mafia blood flowed through her veins.

That was ten years ago. Now... the devil is free.

Carlo "Hunter" Rosso was my father's right-hand man and the boy I've loved since I could tie my shoes. He was always the most cruel and ruthless of all the children. He thought I was dead. Until he received the task: to kill Adriana and Alexandria Romano. Destroy the princess and queen. He didn't know that the queen had died and the princess had taken her throne.

Blood doesn't lie. It can be diluted, distorted, mixed with dirt, but never deceived. My father was about to learn a hard lesson for stealing the empire that belonged to me.

And so did Carlo “Hunter” Rosso.