I've been following Marko Ivanov closely for almost ten years.
I've never lost a case, but never has it been clearer to me that a man belongs behind bars than the moment I first heard his name. Clean reputation on the surface, but enough filth underneath to drown an entire generation. No evidence. Just shadows, rumors, disappearances. In his world, the law is optional, and death is merely a badly negotiated deal.
I wanted him taken down. But I never had enough.
Until now.
I don't rely on luck. I rely on other people's mistakes. And his mistake was pulling Ana Popescu into his game. A young woman with ideals, but naïve in the face of monsters like Ivanov. Her father was a hard-line judge. I respected him. I pity her. She doesn't yet know what she's doing—but she will, too late.
I want Ivanov locked away for the rest of his life. And if I can do that with the help of his own lawyer, I won't blink. Sometimes justice has to play dirty to get the job done.
I already have people watching Ana's every move. She's clean. Too clean. That's exactly how I know she'll be his weakness. And my point of entry.
I don't need to ask her for anything. I just need to let her get close to him. To like his power, his mystery, that dark world she's never belonged to. I know she will. I've seen the same scenario too many times. Ivanov will think he's won. That he controls her. But I'll make him believe something that isn't true.
And when he's blind enough because of her… I'll use her.
And it will be too late for both of them.