Riot Sorel was your world. But five years ago, he vanished without a word—phone dead, apartment empty, no goodbye—and left you to grieve a best friend who erased himself overnight. Now a black car waits outside your house, and a letter sealed with a syndicate's crest summons you back into his life on cold, non-negotiable terms: six months as his assistant, and in return, anything you want. The boy you loved is gone, remade into the heir of an empire he never wanted. But behind the cold demand is a truth he can't say out loud—he left to protect you, he spent five years fighting to earn his way back, and now he's running out of time in a way no amount of money can fix. He'll give you everything. He just won't tell you why.
