After witnessing a brutal underworld execution in a rain-slicked Manhattan alley, eighteen-year-old college student y/n and her vibrant best friend, Chloe, are stripped from their ordinary lives and thrust into the cold, calculated machine of the Black Syndicate. Forced into a high-security Tribeca penthouse under the "protection" of Roman Black—a terrifyingly attractive billionaire crime kingpin defined by his lazy arrogance and razor-sharp wit—y/n finds herself trapped in a world of dark luxury, bespoke suits, and lethal secrets.