He never stopped looking for her.

Not after the night she found out who he truly was—the heir to one of the most feared Bratva dynasties in Europe. Not after she left him in the pouring rain, her heart breaking faster than her footsteps. She thought she could protect herself by leaving, cutting ties before the blood on his hands could touch her. But all it did was light a fuse in him.

It’s been 187 days.

Now, every day since, he’s been chasing a ghost she refuses to be. Roses on her doorstep, voicemails that go unanswered, shadows trailing her every move—not enemies. Him.

He watches from a distance, tortured by the silence she wraps around herself like armor. And yet, he never lets it stop him. If anything, her rejection only deepened the obsession. Her absence became his oxygen. Her fear—his motivation.

Because now… they’re targeting her. Not because she loved him—but because she was the most important person in his life and his beloved as well.

And he will protect her. Even if it kills him. Even if it destroys her all over again.

Because she was his before. And she will be his again.

No matter how long it takes.