She is the daughter of the Jordanian ambassador in Moscow, a talented artist, and the fiancée of a worthy man. He is a shadow from the past, a man without age, the ruler of a mountain realm whispered about as someone who sold his soul to the devil.
One chance encounter at a diplomatic reception turns everything upside down. He bursts into her perfect world, calls her by a different name—Malika—and swears that she belongs to him. What ties them together? Obsession or a family curse, a blood feud or love stronger than death?
Diana does not remember the mountains. She does not remember the nights full of passion and the taste of raspberry on her lips. She does not remember how she flew into the abyss. But Eldar remembers everything. And he does not know how to lose.
On the day of her wedding, he kidnaps her straight from the bridal suite.
This game of chance is too costly. The stakes in it are human lives…