After an intense skirmish with Donny’s men, Chateau has been captured, and Ryang-Ha will stop at nothing to get her back. But she’s being held on a top-secret island, and to infiltrate it, he’ll have to form a tenuous alliance with former foes and the heir to the island itself! Meanwhile, Donny sets his plan in motion, helping Chateau finally remember her bloody past...but to what end? As Chateau’s past and present lives collide inside her head, how will she perform her role as the star of Donny’s sadistic play?

After Chateau is captured by Hou, Ryang-Ha sets off to track him down and take her back. Pistol in hand, he confronts her captor, who’s more than happy to accept his challenge. But Hou’s brought a knife to a gun fight, and Ryang-Ha’s never been one to show mercy. However, with Chateau’s whereabouts yet unknown, Hou has all the leverage he needs…

A powerful, mysterious figure has captured Ryang-Ha, and it's clear he knows more than most about his target. With no way of overcoming his captor, it's up to Chateau to break in and come to his rescue, but when a fight breaks out between the two, things go from bad to worse...

After turning himself in to Donny—the man pulling all the strings—Ryang-Ha is forced to confront his murky past. With little chance of escape, his only hope is to sow chaos among Donny's men, presenting the perfect opportunity for Chateau to break in and come to his rescue! But will she make it to Ryang-Ha in time, or will she end up another puppet on Donny's volatile stage?

Although Ryang-Ha and his mysterious acquaintance have found Chateau safe hidden in a suitcase, they are not in the clear yet; on their trail is a group of criminals who want nothing more than to exact revenge on the two boys. As the situation spirals out of control and even his allies begin to resemble threats, all Ryang-Ha has to rely on are a stolen car and a loathsome gun-but the weapon proves to be too much for him to handle...

Mine is starting to realize her feelings for Tatsumi while Najenda has hardened her resolve for the decisive battle. With all kinds of emotions running through their hearts, the members of Night Raid storm the cathedral. But the one to intercept them is none other than "the Empire's strongest"--Esdeath!!

The dark side of love is no fairy tale.... And while we may like to believe that crimes of the heart only victimize those who aren't careful, this page-turning collection of must-read accounts will convince you otherwise. America's #1 true-crime writer, Ann Rule reveals how lovers become predators, how sex and lust can push ordinary people to desperate acts, and how investigators and forensics experts work to unravel the most entangled crimes of passion. Extracting behind-the-scenes details, Rule makes these volatile relationships utterly real, and masterfully re-creates the ill-fated chains of events in such cases as the ex-Marine and martial arts master who seduced vulnerable women and then destroyed their lives...the killer whose calling card was a single bloodred rose...the faithless wife who manipulated and murdered without conscience...the blind date that set the stage for a killer's brutality...and more. In every case, the victim -- young and innocent or older and experienced -- unknowingly trusted a stranger with the sociopathic skill to hide their dark motives, until it was too late to escape a web of deadly lies, fatal promises, and homicidal possession.