His Hidden Heir by Lydia Hall

I went back to the man I once betrayed.

The king I ran from.

The devil I never stopped loving.

Sergei Baranov.

Bratva Pakhan.

The man who owns Moscow with blood and silence.

I came to him for protection.

Because a killer is hunting me.

Because the Courier never stops.

He gives me safety the only way he knows how—

with locked doors, armed men,

and his shadow over every breath I take.

Then I tell him the truth.

About the child.

About the daughter who has his eyes.

The world shifts.

Now we’re racing to bring her home.

And I watch a ruthless king become a father.

I watch his heart turn into a weapon with our names on it.

The underworld calls the Courier a ghost.

Sergei calls him a dead man walking.

And when the threat reaches for our daughter—

his hidden heir—

He doesn’t promise mercy.

He promises extinction.

He cages me in his fortress.

Then he makes me his wife like it’s a declaration of war.

I should fear a man who would end cities before he loses his family.

Because when his enemies realize I’m not just his weakness—

when they realize I’m his reason—

There will be blood.

And Sergei Baranov will make sure

the world remembers what happens when you touch what’s his.