The Prototype

He could very well be the most brutal, sadistic, cold-blooded, and deadliest Mafia King to walk this earth-or wherever the hell I am. But at the end of the day, he either kills me or respects me. Either one is fine with me.

I leaned against the long hardwood table, staring into his dark brown eyes with unwavering defiance.

"Until this contract is fulfilled, until the prototype passes every single test and reaches its final form-named and presented-the prototype is mine. I am the prototype."

Tempest Avyanna Taylor is intelligent, dominant, and dangerously daring. A summa cum laude graduate of the prestigious Ivy League Cornell University, holding a double major in Computer Science and Computer Engineering, along with a minor in Computer Forensics and Cybersecurity. Her brilliance landed her a position at Washington D.C.'s most powerful technology company, where she was tasked with creating an unparalleled, cutting-edge software system designed to revolutionize the industry and obliterate all competition-and she succeeded.

But what happens when someone uses her technology for more than just corporate domination?

What happens when Tempest's creation is weaponized to infiltrate a world far more treacherous than she ever imagined-a world where Mafia Kings reign supreme?

Unknowingly her software has breached the private networks of some of the most dangerous crime syndicates in the world. And when she witnesses a mass murder, she makes the mistake of thinking she can just get away.

She can't.

Now marked as a living witness-and a target-Tempest is forcibly delivered into the hands of a man more dangerous than the chaos she's been thrown into. A man who doesn't just hold power; he is power. A man who will soon learn that Tempest is no ordinary woman.

Just like any groundbreaking technology, before the final version is unveiled, there is a prototype.

And until he realizes just who the hell he's dealing with, she'll make sure he knows:
She is the prototype.