Devilsace Stories

The house always wins. Unless you're willing to cheat with the Devil. Aaron thought he was playing the cards. He didn't know he was sleeping with the dealer. ​Aaron Blake was a brilliant neurosurgeon until guilt and debt shattered his life. Desperate, he accepts a secretive, high-paying job with the international Castanides criminal syndicate, hoping to start over. ​He believes he's reporting to the top. He's wrong. ​Aaron is immediately thrown into the path of DAMIEN, the beautiful, cold, and utterly ruthless Chief Aide who enforces the organization's impossible rules. Damien treats Aaron like a weapon he owns and takes sadistic pleasure in their escalating rivalry. ​Aaron is the unwilling Ace Card-being used in a deadly game to draw out a traitor. He thinks he's fighting the right-hand man for his dignity. He has no idea that Damien is the true Devil: the secret, calculating head of the entire syndicate. ​Aaron was cleaning the wound Damien sustained in their library fight. ​Aaron: "I tore your lip. I'll admit that." ​Damien: "Your hands are shaking, doctor. How did you ever plan to operate? A trembling hand in the OR means someone dies." ​With unnerving calm, Damien caught Aaron's hand, forcing his fingers to brush against the torn lip. ​Damien: "This pain is mine - and you caused it. Now take your shaking hand and get to work, doctor."