EvanderMercy doesn't exist in the world I rule.Brutality is all I've ever known.I'm the tale people are watchful of, running from their own shadows in the fear, I am coming. They are scared of me.None ever had the courage to cross my path without a wish of death until she came by, who has been deceiving death-like gameplay.It fucking took her one sight to jeopardize my years of planning and deception.They say, I'm not a man to be fucked with, and she fucked up everything. Betraying the king has a price, hilarious that she knew the risk but never prepared for the consequences of it.AsaMy game was simple. Every step was calculated.People had known me as the Ice Queen Of New York.I'd never known a day the perception changes. Some play by the rules, I've played against them.It worked, always.I never anticipated crossing paths with him, challenging the king who made the rules, and betraying his hard-earned loyalty and trust.There were consequences I was prepared for, and the risks were evident but what I was never prepared for was his love. It was his obsession that took me by surprise.**Book One In Crime And Criminal Series*****A Dark Mafia Romance with triggering content. Reference to events not suitable for vulnerable readers. Check the trigger warnings for the book.***