Betrayal hurts worse at the hands of someone you love.

I locked my heart up the night my wife was murdered.

Now there is only one possessor of a key... my little girl.

And that's how I thought it would stay.

Until my beautiful d'yavolitsa turns up covered in blood, begging for my help.

She caught me off guard, preyed on my weakness, and set free my caged heart.

Now she is mine to keep, cherish,

and tear the world down for.

Little did I realize, loving this woman would be the end of everything as I know it.

The fate of our empire is in her hands.

The secrets she keeps will shatter us both.

Yet, not everything is always as it seems.

When every card is stacked against us, we're forced to play on the same team.

In order to survive, we will burn together and unleash hell.

That's if I decide to let her live.

Caged is book two of the series, it can however, be read as a stand-alone.