The Alpha's Algorithm (Towers of Obsession #9)

He didn’t just hack my system. He mapped my entire life—and decided I belonged to him.

MAYA

One green check mark was all it took to uncover a terrifying truth.

The global security network, HALCYON, has a hidden backdoor called CROWN—a weapon capable of erasing a human being from civilization with a single click.

But before I could send my data to an independent auditor, my world imploded.

My apartment door was ripped off its hinges, and a team of armed extraction operatives hunted me across the rooftops of Brooklyn.

I thought I was being arrested. I was wrong.

I was being collected by the Ghost in the Glass himself: Julian Blackwell.

Now, I’m locked inside his flawless, handle-less, high-tech skyscraper.

He says it’s secure containment to keep me alive.

I call it an expensive prison. He is hyper-controlled, unreadable, and completely convinced that keeping me captive is a form of mercy.

But I am a hacker, and I will tear his beautiful glass cage apart from the inside out to get my freedom.

JULIAN

The moment Maya Pager penetrated my deception layer in thirty-four minutes, she became the most dangerous threat to my empire—and the only woman I’ve ever wanted to possess.

My behavioral prediction models mapped her entire existence, tracked her pulse, and watched her sleep.

The data told me exactly what she needed to survive the hit squad sent by my corrupt CEO.

So, I flew into a warzone, took a bullet path, and locked her away in the only isolated environment I trust: my penthouse.

She is barefoot, outnumbered, and utterly furious. Yet, she refuses to break.

Maya thinks she can steal my root token and hack her way out.

She doesn’t understand that the more she fights, the more the house adapts to her.

Our proximity is an absolute requirement.

And inside this tower, where we negotiate power with strict safewords, the line between protecting my captive and consuming her is about to completely shatter.