When a quiet woman kneels to make a lonely child laugh, she unknowingly changes the fate of an empire. Adrian Crowe, a ruthless crime lord bound by duty and blood, has not heard his son’s laughter since his wife left. During a disastrous blind date meant to secure alliances, he watches from across the room as a stranger brings back the sound he thought was gone forever. In one moment, everything shifts. He chooses her. Publicly. Permanently. Now caught between danger and devotion