The Mafia King's Silent Shield

"They came for his crown and his blood. They didn’t count on the woman holding the red pen."

Aiden Thorne is a billionaire, a kingpin, and a single father.

He’s a man who has everything, except a way to keep the ghosts of his past from reaching his children.

He thinks he’s found the perfect sanctuary for his heirs: an elite school with a warm, kind teacher to guide them.

He trusts his high-tech security to keep the monsters at bay.

He’s dead wrong.

I am Anna. To the twins, I’m the teacher with the gentle smile and the gold stars.

To the underworld, I’m a ghost-a retired assassin whose name once made the most ruthless men pray for a quick death.

I traded my silencer for a syllabus to escape the blood, but when a syndicate puts a target on my students’ backs, "Miss Anna" is going back to work.

By day, I teach them their ABCs.

By night, I hunt the men who dare to breathe their names.

Aiden has no idea that the woman grading his children’s homework is the deadliest weapon on the continent. And if I have my way, he’ll never find out.

But as the enemies close in and the tension between us burns hotter than a smoking barrel, I’m forced to make a choice:

Keep my secret and watch them die, or pick up the gun and show the King exactly who he let into his home.