Anatomy of Power

RUBY

I’m done surviving monsters.
Now I hunt them.
Andrei has reclaimed his empire, and I stand beside him with his weapons in my hands and the names of the men who paid for my suffering in front of me. They hide behind fortunes, reputations, and locked doors, convinced the horrors they purchased will stay buried.
I remember every face.
Every name.
Every debt.
Andrei doesn’t ask me to forgive. He gives me the power to collect.
One man remains more personal than all the others. My brother traded my life for his own comfort, and no amount of shared blood can erase what he did.
I entered Andrei’s darkness as prey.
I’m leaving it as his queen.

ANDREI

Ruby no longer needs me to save her.
She needs ammunition.
The frightened woman I bought is gone. In her place stands something exquisite—scarred, ruthless, hungry, and perfectly capable of putting a bullet through every man who once believed they could own her.
I could kill them myself.
That would deny my queen the pleasure.
My empire gives us names, addresses, guards, secrets, and every weakness money was supposed to conceal. I’ll tear open their protected little world and place each guilty man exactly where Ruby wants him.
They paid to watch her suffer.
Now I get to watch her collect.
By the time she finishes, there won’t be enough blood left to stain our throne.

This is the third book in the Anatomy After Dark Series. Reading order: Anatomy of Ruin, Anatomy of Fear, Anatomy of Power.

369 pages. Kindle edition.