The Keeper. Everyone knows her. Everyone fears her. He's been sent to kill her. In a galaxy where secrets are currency and betrayal is inevitable, Romi Novikov is known only as the Keeper. When a rival faction's attempt on her life unearths a dark truth, she spares the assassin who tried to kill her—a dangerously skilled operative with secrets of his own—and forges a contract that neither of them can afford to break. Kieran no longer exists. Secret heir and invisible assassin, he serves as his family's executioner from the shadows. After failing to kill the Keeper reveals something he was never supposed to know, everything he was told about his handlers unravels—and marks him as their next loose end to eliminate. Faced with common enemies closing in on all sides, their unsteady truce quickly spirals into a dangerous deception. Webs of lies entangle their partnership, reaching far deeper into their pasts than either of them knew. In a game where truth is the deadliest weapon, relying on each other may be their only chance at survival—but trust isn't won easily, and more than their lives are at stake. Some secrets are better off buried. Some truths are worth killing for. The Keeper is a connected standalone in the Rogues universe that can be read on its own.