Retribution

She watched her mother die. Then she was taken by the man who ordered it—her own father, cartel kingpin Xavier Alvarez.Raised inside a criminal empire built on fear and bloodshed, Gabriella learned early that survival meant obedience. But beneath her silence, she was watching… learning… waiting.Years later, the world fears a new name: Shadow—a woman building an empire designed to dismantle her father's from the inside out.But when a former soldier named Ryker reappears, revenge gets complicated—and the cost of retribution turns deadly.Because when her father discovers who Shadow really is… he won't just come for her. He'll come for everyone she protects.