(Dark Mafia Romance | Explicit Tension | Enemies to Lovers | Possessive Hero | Revenge, Secrets, & Redemption | Spicy 18+ Adult) He owns my body by contract. He controls my life by instinct. If he finds out the truth, he'll ruin me. I want him to anyway. ---------X---------X---------X---------X---------X---------X---------X---------X---------X---------X--------- Spice level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Content warning: Dark themes, power dynamics, possessive behavior, explicit sexual tension. ---------X---------X---------X---------X---------X---------X---------X---------X---------X---------X--------- She was sold like property. He bought her like a sin. When Anaya Brooks is betrayed, ruined, and auctioned to the underworld, she expects chains and pain. What she gets instead is Lucien Moretti-a mafia king who rules with blood on his hands and control in his veins. He doesn't touch her. That's the cruelest part. Lucien watches her eat. Sleep. Breathe. His restraint is deliberate. His gaze is not. Every order is a test. Every silence is charged. Every step she takes closer to him feels like standing on the edge of something dark and inevitable. She learns quickly: Lucien doesn't need to touch her to own her. And when he finally does- it's slow. It's controlled. It's devastating. She lets him believe she's obedient. She lets him think she's breaking for him. All while hiding the truth that could get her killed. Because Anaya didn't come to his world to be claimed. She came for revenge. But desire complicates everything. The way his hands pin her without force. The way his voice drops when he wants her to behave. The way he looks at her like she's already his undoing. Lucien doesn't forgive betrayal. And when he learns she's been lying to him from the beginning- He won't just break her heart. He'll destroy everything she touches. Including himself!