Aiden Hui has spent his entire life running away from Infinite, the Chinese American mafia his family has served for generations. His only hope for a life of his own is his older brother, Hui Ye-the patriarch of the Hui family. But when Aiden starts college, Hui Ye is brutally murdered, with no clues to the culprit.

Aiden is left at the mercy of his powerful stepmother, who pressures him to accept his "duty" to Infinite for the sake of her and her two children. Drowning in grief and unwilling to abandon the only family he has left, Aiden resigns himself to his fate-until he meets Brendan.

Unconditionally kind, Brendan is like a prince from a another world, ushering Aiden into a life where friendships aren't dangerous and hobbies can finally belong to him alone. As they grow closer, Aiden's desire for freedom reignites-even as the pressure from his stepmother mounts for him to take up Hui Ye's place in Infinite.

But when both Aiden and Brendan find their lives in danger, a mysterious assassin who calls herself Aiden's fairy godmother intervenes. With her help-and with Brendan at his side-Aiden must confront the identity he inherited, the family he can't escape, and the freedom he refuses to lose again.