Saldinna
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Abandoned. Forgotten. Scarred.
After years of surviving a brutal childhood marked by silence and suffering, Astrid Moretti is no longer the girl her family remembers. Left in the hands of a cruel stepfather and an indifferent mother, Astrid learned to endure alone - her cries unheard, her scars hidden. When tragedy suddenly claims her guardians, she finds herself face to face with the seven brothers who vanished from her life years ago - powerful, dangerous, and cold.
The Moretti brothers are legends in the criminal underworld. Raised in violence and shaped by secrets, they've returned to claim the sister they once left behind - not out of love, but out of duty. They expect gratitude. Obedience. Weakness.
But Astrid is no longer the innocent child they left behind.
What they don't know is that she remembers everything - every silent year, every ignored scream, every scar carved in their absence. Beneath her shy exterior is a girl boiling with resentment, determined to never be powerless again. While they move to protect her from a looming mafia war, Astrid is building walls - and maybe, her own path to freedom.
As old enemies close in and blood ties are tested, Astrid must decide:
Will she ever let her brothers in again?
Or will she destroy them from the inside out?