Known across the shadows of the underworld as the Shadow Viper, Lena was an elite operative whose silent blade never missed its mark. Seeking a quiet retirement away from bloodshed, she takes on what seems like a simple cover identity: serving as the royal nanny for the imperial family's neglected young prince. However, she quickly discovers that the royal nursery is far more lethal than any criminal den, with poisoners, scheming aristocrats, and hired mercenaries constantly targeting the fragile royal heir. Unable to ignore the innocent child's plight, Lena uses her lethal assassination expertise to neutralize assassins before they can take a single step inside the palace chambers. Balancing bedtime stories and nursery rhymes with covert neck snaps and stealth counter-ambushes, the deadly caretaker becomes the prince's greatest guardian. Packed with slick action and charming domestic humor, this royal tale follows a legendary shadow agent turning nursery duty into the safest fortress in the empire....more