In the gilded world of Hong Kong’s elite, where the ultra-wealthy trade fortunes over champagne and backroom deals, one woman reigns supreme in the shadows. To the public, she is an elegant and elusive dealer of fine art and antiquities, a woman whose name is whispered in auction houses and private collections from Paris to Shanghai. But to those who truly understand power, she is known by another name, Dark Angel. She does not run a street gang. She does not deal in petty crime. Her targets are billionaires, oligarchs, and royalty—the men and women who believe they are untouchable. Her organization exists to exploit their greed, their secrets, and their vices, stripping them of their wealth without them ever realizing they were being played. And there is only one person in Hong Kong who can rival her, a man she cannot seem to kill, outsmart, or resist. Smacky Jones.

The Birth of a Predator

Dark Angel was born Jasmine Kassar in Beirut, Lebanon, into a family of historians, archaeologists, and black-market smugglers. Her father was a renowned art dealer, known for sourcing the rarest Middle Eastern antiquities for museums and collectors. Her mother, however, worked in the shadows, forging documents and laundering priceless artifacts through corrupt auction houses. From an early age, Jasmine understood the power of art—not just as beauty, but as currency, leverage, and a weapon against the powerful. At sixteen, she was already a prodigy, able to distinguish authentic antiquities from forgeries with a single glance. By eighteen, she had already forged a deal with a corrupt Louvre curator, swapping a stolen Assyrian statue for an original Rodin sculpture—an exchange that made her a small fortune overnight. She learned quickly that the wealthy would pay anything for the illusion of exclusivity. That they coveted the rare, the forbidden, the untouchable—and that she could provide it, or take it away, whenever she wanted. At twenty-one, after a botched deal in Cairo ended in blood, she was forced to flee Lebanon, leaving behind her family and her past. She vanished into Europe, reinventing herself as a refined art broker, selling priceless pieces to the world’s wealthiest collectors. And by twenty-five, she was in Hong Kong, ready to build an empire.

The Black Lotus Syndicate

Unlike traditional crime organizations, Dark Angel’s syndicate is composed entirely of women—women who had been overlooked, underestimated, or betrayed by the men who once held power over them. Some were former heiresses, discarded by their families.
Some were ex-intelligence agents, trained in espionage and deception.
Others were corporate sharks, lawyers, hackers, or socialites who learned that playing by the rules would never get them what they wanted. Together, they became an unstoppable force, united under one mission: to take from the world’s wealthiest men everything they held dear. Her organization thrives on luxury crime, blackmail, and high-stakes manipulation, operating in the most exclusive circles of the ultra-rich. Elite Art & Antiquities Fraud – She sells stolen masterpieces, forges paintings, and inflates the value of artifacts, turning billionaire collectors into willing victims. Blackmail & Extortion of the Ultra-Wealthy – Her women infiltrate the lives of powerful men, gathering leverage from their darkest secrets—secret mistresses, hidden offshore accounts, illegal business dealings. Corporate Sabotage & Wealth Takeovers – Through a mix of hacking, insider trading, and manipulation, she engineers the downfall of business empires and sells protection only when the victims have no other option. Exclusive Vice Operations – Her underground casinos cater to the top 0.1%, where the minimum buy-in is millions and the consequences of losing extend far beyond money. She does not need to threaten. She does not need to force. The world’s most powerful men willingly walk into her web, believing they are in control—until they realize she was never the prey. She was the predator.

A Dangerous Love and War

The first time Dark Angel and Smacky Jones met, they were after the same mark—a corrupt Russian billionaire with a taste for stolen masterpieces. She had already arranged to sell him a “lost” Rembrandt, a perfectly aged forgery that would have made her $10 million overnight. Smacky, however, arrived first—having stolen the real painting weeks before and selling it to the same billionaire. By the time she walked in with her forged version, the Russian was holding the genuine one, laughing in her face. Rather than rage, she was intrigued. Rather than kill him, she let him live—just to see what he would do next. Since that day, they have been locked in an endless battle—sometimes rivals, sometimes lovers, sometimes both at once. Some nights, they are in private penthouses, drinking the rarest whiskey in the world, playing a game of seduction and deception where neither is sure who is winning. Other nights, they are sabotaging each other’s deals, planting false evidence, and setting traps, just to see who escapes. There is an undeniable attraction, a deep, shared understanding that they are the only two people in Hong Kong who can truly challenge each other. And they both know that one day, only one of them will survive.

The Angel’s Rules

Dark Angel operates with precision, influence, and a ruthless sense of control. Every move she makes is deliberate, every piece on the chessboard is positioned in advance. She lives by three iron-clad rules: The rich do not fear losing money. They fear losing their power. That is what she takes from them. Every deal must end in her favor. If she does not win, then she was never playing the real game. Love is a weapon sharper than any blade. She never wields it carelessly. She does not carry a gun. She does not need one. The people who kill for her do it willingly, thinking it was their idea all along.

The Woman Behind the Myth

Dark Angel moves like a ghost through Hong Kong’s high society, dressed in custom gowns, dripping in diamonds stolen from the very people who wear them. She does not raise her voice. She does not make idle threats. Her empire is built on the greed of men who believe they are invincible. Her enemies fear her. Her lovers obsess over her. And Smacky Jones? He might be the only person in the world who could ever break her. Or the only one she might ever let live.