Born to inherit the Costa Syndicate, he is shot down during a peace negotiation and left to die by Diego Morales, the man he trusted like a brother.
He wakes in a cabin under the care of Emilia Valdez, a quiet artist who stitches his wounds even though she does not belong in his world.
Survival only hardens his purpose: find the traitor and burn Diego's empire to ash.
Then he learns the poison from his own knife is killing Diego slowly, and that Diego has taken Emilia because he wants her for himself.
He walked away once, but he will not let the dying traitor keep the woman he claims as his.
