​At the prestigious Blackwood University, the elite aren't just heirs to fortunes—they are heirs to thrones of blood. Sloane Vitali, the daughter of a fallen consigliere, thinks she’s escaped the underworld by burying herself in law books and campus life.​Her illusion shatters when Dante Moretti, the terrifyingly charismatic "Prince of Chicago" and the university’s most feared senior, claims her in the middle of the dining hall. To settle a debt her father owed the Moretti syndicate, a blood pact has been signed: Sloane is to be Dante’s wife.​The marriage is forced, the campus is their gilded cage, and the air between them is thick with a dangerous, hot-blooded tension. As rivals move to topple the Moretti empire, Sloane must decide if she’s Dante’s captive or the secret weapon that will help him burn the world down.