I should’ve stayed away from the underground ring. I should’ve listened when everyone told me Ezra Hale is a monster carved from violence and vengeance.
But the first time I watched him fight— the crack of bone, the blood on his knuckles, the look in his eyes when he found me in the crowd— I knew I was already too far gone. Ezra is dangerous.
Unhinged. Capable of snapping a man’s neck without hesitation… and he’s told me exactly what he could do to me if he ever lost control. And yet I keep running toward him.
Even when my family demands I cut him out. Even when his enemies circle closer every day.
Even when I learn the truth— Ezra is being pushed into fights designed to kill him, and if he refuses… they’ll use me to force his hand.
Soon I’ll have to choose: my blood family… or the violent, broken boy who somehow stole my heart. Either way, I lose something. But losing Ezra? That might destroy me completely.
