The Devil’s Playground
Damian Tian is the most dangerous man on Earth. By twenty-eight, he has amassed a trillion-dollar empire that controls the global economy from the shadows. To the public, he is an enigma—a brilliant, beautiful tycoon who never ages and never loses. But Damian is not just a businessman; he is a weapon.
Orphaned at eight when his family was brutally slaughtered by his father's rivals, the Vance family, Damian was pulled from the ashes by a mysterious immortal cultivator. Forged in the ancient arts of a master who has since ascended to the higher realms, Damian possesses power, speed, and a cold intellect that borders on the supernatural. He has returned to the mortal world with one purpose: Revenge.
Elena Vance is the antithesis of everything Damian hates. The innocent, sheltered daughter of the man who destroyed his childhood, she possesses a kindness and gentleness that seem out of place in a world of cutthroat corporate warfare. When Elena is kidnapped by common street thugs, she never expected her savior to be the devil himself.
Damian rescues her, but he doesn't set her free. Recognizing her last name, he sees the ultimate irony: the daughter of his enemy, delivered into his hands. He whisks her away to his obsidian tower in the sky, intending to keep her as a pawn—a "pet" to torment and a bargaining chip to break her father's spirit.
Trapped in a gilded cage with a man who is equal parts psychopath and tragic hero, Elena should be terrified. And she is. But as she witnesses the loneliness beneath Damian’s cold exterior and the fleeting moments of humanity in his dead eyes, she realizes something terrifying: He is broken.
While Damian orchestrates a financial and physical war to erase the Vance name from existence, Elena fights a battle of her own. She isn't trying to escape him; she's trying to save him.
In a story of blood, billions, and ancient secrets, can the light of one innocent girl quench a fire that has been burning for twenty years? Or will Damian consume her in his quest for vengeance?
He wants to burn the world down to get even. She just wants to be the reason he stops.