Before Deuce could take his rightful throne or even be assigned a second in command, a full blown war is started.

The streets & his family crowned him before he was ready—and now someone he never expected wants him off the throne.

After the warehouse ambush, Deuce realizes something deadly: the people trying to kill him aren't outsiders. They're people close enough to touch him.

Close enough to know his moves.

Close enough to use Malani as the perfect weapon.

Dom slithering out of the shadows was only the beginning.

Reign turning a gun on him was the warning shot.

But the figure who stepped out of the shadows last… that was the declaration of war.

Now Deuce is forced to clean house, tighten his circle, and run the empire from all angles—while hunting down the person who orchestrated Dank's murder and tried to line him up next. His father wants blood. His enemies want the crown. And the streets are whispering that Deuce might not live long enough to claim what's already his.

But Malani?

She becomes the one thing he can't afford to lose—or protect. Falling for her had proven to be his biggest weakness. Now, she's shaken. Conflicted. Torn between the man she married and the person she once trusted. At the wrong time, she's hit with the shock of her life. She never would have imagined that she'd be in a situation like this. The problem was that she didn't know who'd caused it.

Now every move is life or death.

Every ally could be a snake.

Every secret has the power to burn their marriage and the empire. Will Deuce and Malani weather this storm together? Or will they be turned against one another?