His Asset

I was born in a lab. Created, not conceived. A number, not a name.

Until Adam calls me Bella.

Adam—the brilliant scientist who created me—saved me from the sterile hell of the lab by bringing me to his home. He makes me feel almost human. Almost desired. But I'm still a freak of nature with wings I've never used and powers I barely understand.

Powers I've been secretly testing, preparing for the day I'd be strong enough to escape.

When I finally find the courage to run, I crash-land in the worst part of the city—where predators hunt and the weak don't survive. When a gang of thugs corners me, ready to do unspeakable things, my powers explode out of me with a force that surprises even me.

But it's Reuben who truly saves me.

Chief to everyone else in the underground fighting world, he's everything Adam isn't, raw, dangerous, and brutally real. He doesn't see a lab experiment when he looks at me. He sees a woman worth protecting.

But Adam isn't giving up without a fight. He created me. He owns me. And he'll destroy anyone who tries to take me away.

Now I'm caught between two worlds: the sterile perfection of science and the savage beauty of the streets. Between the man who made me and the man who makes me feel alive.

One represents my past. The other, my future.

But choosing between them might cost me everything—including my life.