The city's golden girl falls heart first into a dark underworld.

I want two things in life: to be the leading ballerina in my academy-

And Max Butcher...

A massive, tattooed boxer, and renowned thug.

And my very first crush...

I may be a silly little girl to him, but he's intent on protecting, possessing, and claiming me in every way-his little piece of purity.

But there is more to Max Butcher than the cold, cruel facade he wears like armour. I know; I saw the broken boy inside him one day when we were only children.

So, even as I stand in the shadows with him, as people get hurt... as people die... I refuse to let him believe he's nothing more than a piece in his Family's corrupt empire.

There is good inside Max Butcher, and I refuse to let him live in the dark forever.