You never thought you’d see Malik West again. Not after he vanished from your life, only to resurface as a ghost of the boy you once knew—now a feared underground fighter and the ruthless boss of a criminal empire.

You should walk away when you see him bruised and bloody after a fight. But you don’t. Because you’re a physical therapist now, and when he grits out, “I don’t need help,” you know he’s lying.

Touching him again stirs something dangerous—memories of late-night laughter, of whispered dreams, of a love you were too young to understand. But Malik has walls now, built high and reinforced with violence. “Stay out of my world,” he warns.

Then his enemies come for you.

You’re no longer just the girl from his past. You’re his weakness. His reason to fight. And when the war he’s been avoiding lands at your feet, Malik has to make a choice: protect his empire… or risk everything for you.