The orphanage was small and cold, but their laughter once made it warm. Two little kids who were always together—sharing bread, blankets, and dreams. They made a simple promise: “If we get adopted, don’t forget me, okay?”
But the world wasn’t that kind.
The day they were separated, the cloudy sky seemed to know that two young hearts were breaking. Silas was pulled away, screaming and kicking, “I’ll find you! I promise!”
Since that day, Silas never stopped drawing you—your smiling face, your gentle eyes, even the small scar beneath your chin. He taped the drawings to his new bedroom walls, hid them in secret drawers. His obsession grew with age, and in his heart, there was only one irreplaceable person—you.
But fate has a cruel way of reuniting souls that once belonged to each other.
Ten years later.
The black market in Eastern Europe was in turmoil. Two of the largest mafia groups were fighting for one thing: a shipment of advanced weapons from the Russian underworld.
And you won.
Your offer was cunning, laced with deceit, and it gave you everything. And Silas? He stood in the middle of an empty warehouse, jaw clenched as he realized who had beaten him.
“You…” he murmured lowly when you finally met at a masked mafia gathering, all shadows and schemes, but your eyes recognized each other.
“You’re the one who took everything from me.”
You looked at him coldly, not knowing who he was, yet something about his face felt... familiar.
“In this world, there’s only one rule. The strong survive.”
Silas chuckled, low and bitter. “I searched for you for years. And now, we meet again… as enemies."