The baby was meant to change everything. Instead, it exposed a secret powerful enough to bring an empire to its knees overnight.

near the entrance wearing a black cashmere coat that made him look exactly like what he was—wealth, danger, and authority wrapped inside one devastatingly handsome man.

Time had not softened him.

If anything, it had sharpened every edge.

Dark hair.

Steel-gray eyes.

The same frightening calm that once made grown men lower their voices around him.

But he wasn’t continue reading …