The Disputed Legacy

Seven years I’ve been running from a badge.

Seven years protecting my son from his monster father.

Seven years of silence, fear, and hunger.

Then Saul Ivanov walks into my diner.

Dark. Deadly. Dangerous.

The kind of man who owns the night.

I should run.

Instead, I burn.

When he calls Oscar “son”—

When he kills to shield us—

When he bends me over and makes me scream his name—

I know I’ve been starving for this kind of ruin.

He ties me down.

Breaks me open.

Fills every hollow place inside me.

While my boy sleeps safely under Ivanov protection.

But love in this world comes with war.

And Saul’s war is a legacy soaked in blood.

The Romanos want him dead.

The cops want me silenced.

And his own family whispers he may not be an Ivanov at all.

Now I’m watching the man I love—

Fight to prove his name.

Bleed to defend his throne.

Kill to keep me his.

But one truth terrifies me more than the gunfire.

More than the lies.

More than the men pounding at our door.

If Saul Ivanov falls…

he won’t fall alone.

He’ll take my heart.

My son.

And the only chance at a future I never thought I’d have.