He found her orphaned and alone. He raised her, protected her, loved her—but kept his distance. She was forbidden. He was her guardian. On the eve of his wedding, she cornered him. Three days of passion, three days of surrender. Then he left. Five years later, she's a journalist investigating the powerful man who broke her heart. He's still dangerous. She's still his. But now there's another man who wants her. The entanglement turns fatal. Lovers become enemies. And the forbidden love that never died might be the death of them both.