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One badge burned. One life destroyed. One girl left to pay the price.
Lexi Rose's dream vacation to Italy was supposed to be a celebration of her freedom. Instead, it became her gilded cage. Snatched off the streets of Rome, Lexi isn't being held for a ransom-she's being held for a reckoning.
Giovanni Costa, the cold-blooded heir to a ruthless empire, has waited years to avenge his brother. He doesn't just want Lexi's father dead; he wants him broken. He forces the former agent into the ultimate professional suicide, but Giovanni is a man who thrives on betrayal. The deal was a confession for a daughter, but even after the sentence is passed, Giovanni refuses to let her go.
In the shadows of his Sicilian villa, Lexi is no longer a guest. She is a captive, stripped of her name and forced into a world of absolute submission. Giovanni's goal was to erase the girl she used to be, using her as a pawn to taunt her father from afar.
But the game has taken a dangerous turn. Lexi is finding a terrifying peace in the darkness, and for Giovanni, the lines between vengeance and obsession are blurring. The girl he meant to break has become the only thing he's desperate to keep.
In a world where revenge is a religion, can Giovanni protect his most dangerous secret from the very monsters he created?
⚠️ MATURE CONTENT: This is an Extremely Dark Captive Romance featuring themes of psychological power-exchange, intense dominance, and moral ambiguity. For mature audiences only.