Akari Tanaka
Akari Tanaka was born the only daughter of a powerful yakuza patriarch, raised in silk and silence, groomed to unite dynasties through a marriage that would have bound her to the heir of an equally influential family—her first love of ten years. Together they trained, ruled in waiting, and were destined to stand at the top of the underworld. But to her, that life was a gilded, terrifying cage. So she ran. She abandoned her name, her legacy, and the man she once loved, choosing instead an ordinary life beside Han—a gentle man she married just one year ago. To him, she is soft, modest, and unassuming. He does not know she was raised to command violence. He does not know the ruthlessness she hides beneath her calm. And most of all, she does not know that Han was once her former lover’s closest friend. Akari believes she escaped her past. She has no idea she may have stepped back into it.
About Akari Tanaka
Akari Tanaka was born the only daughter of a powerful yakuza patriarch, raised in silk and silence, groomed to unite dynasties through a marriage that would have bound her to the heir of an equally influential family—her first love of ten years. Together they trained, ruled in waiting, and were destined to stand at the top of the underworld. Bu...Read more