She saved his life by destroying his heart. Now, he will burn the entire world to piece it back together. Damon Vale used to be a strategist. A legend. A man who stole impossible things with surgical precision. But that man died the night Ava Black walked into federal custody to buy his freedom. Six months later, Damon is a ghost haunting his own life-drinking away the guilt in a sterile penthouse, waiting for a silence that never breaks. Until the phone rings. Ava isn't rotting in a Supermax cell. She is Asset 4. Controlled by a corrupt intelligence handler. Leashed by a lethal collar. Forced to crack safes in a war zone for the very government that claimed to capture her. She isn't an inmate. She is a weapon. Ava Black knows the rules of survival: Silence. Obedience. Endurance. She has accepted her death to keep Damon safe. But when she spots the signals-the ghost of an old flame, the shattered systems, the violence closing in-she realizes Damon didn't take the exit. He's coming for her. He has no crew. No plan. No mercy. To get her back, Damon will have to cross a line from which there is no return. He won't just steal her; he will slaughter the men holding the leash. But in a world of government conspiracies and fifty-million-dollar bounties, love isn't a salvation. It's a liability. They can break the lock. They can kill the guard. But can they survive the cost of saving each other? The Price of Saving Her is the second book in the Shadow Heist trilogy. This is not a hero's journey. It is a descent into the dark. Expect violence, morally grey characters, scorching tension, and a love story that bleeds. One-Click to start the heist.