— in a world where power moves quietly and names don’t stay attached for long, there’s one people don’t say out loud unless they have to la sombra no face, no trace—just a reputation built on precision and silence valentina vargas lives a life that looks completely ordinary on the surface. early twenties, always put together, moving through the world like she belongs in it. protective over her younger brother, careful with who she lets close, and never giving more of herself than she needs to no one knows what she really does no one’s supposed to she works alone, takes only the jobs that matter, and follows one rule—she doesn’t kill without reason. the people she goes after are the ones who think they’re untouchable until they’re not she’s careful controlled untouchable in her own right — until she becomes the job jordan ross—known as j-ross—is fast, unpredictable, and dangerously good at what he does. the kind of man people underestimate once… and never again. when he’s told to find her and finish it, he doesn’t hesitate until he does — because valentina isn’t what he expected and the more he watches her, the harder it gets to pull the trigger — what starts as a job turns into something neither of them planned something dangerous in a way neither of them are used to because in a world where hesitation gets you killed they’re both starting to hesitate and that’s the one thing neither of them can afford