RUBY
The whole city watched his house burn. I'm the only one who won't believe he's dead.
Now I'm a guest of the kindest old man in Moscow. He pours my tea. He calls me little daughter. He knows where my grandmother lives, and he wants the fortune that only I can find.
So I smile. I say thank you. I give him exactly what he asks for.
Every gift I hand him has a trap inside it.
The most dangerous men in this city are about to sit down at one table and decide who owns everything. I intend to be standing in that room when they do, in the dress he chose for me, with my face perfectly calm.
MIKHAIL
They buried me. They put a price on my name. They turned my own blood against me, and then they took her.
Every man I ever trusted is circling now, waiting to see which way I fall. I could burn this city to the ground by Sunday. I've done worse for less.
She asked me not to come for her early. Whatever happened. Whatever I heard.
It's the hardest promise I've ever kept.
When I walk back into that room, I won't be coming for my money.
I'll be coming to crown her.
This is the second book in The Queen of Ruin Series. Reading order:
Crush Me.
Crown Me.
