After being defeated by Oliver Queen (aka. The Arrow) Slade Wilson finds himself once more a prisoner on The Island were it all started. Bereft of Mirakuru and doomed to rot the rest of his days in an underground cell controlled by Argus, Slade's life becomes nothing but one dark day after another. This is how our protagonist, Chastity, finds him. He's a killer. He's a psychopath... Or is he? Faced with the impossible decision of whether or not she can trust him, Chastity becomes his guiding light in the darkest time of his life. But has he really changed? Can he? Can she ever learn to trust him? Before, God forbid, she might find herself falling in love with him?

After unknowingly saving a mafia boss from a botched bank robbery, Kiara accepts an offer to work for him as a translator, not realizing love may become part of the package. ***** Though Kiara Payne may be a genius when it comes to languages, what she knows of the real world largely comes from books and movies. But after foiling a robbery on her first day as a bank teller, Kiara finds herself thrust into a world of danger, her life resting in the hands of the infuriatingly sexy Italian mafia boss Milo Di Vaio. In exchange for her safety, Kiara agrees to serve as Milo's translator, accompanying him across Europe as he tries to clean up the mess his late brother left behind and save the reputation of the Di Vaio crime family. Cold, ruthless, and sinfully beautiful, Milo is hard to resist but even harder to love. As tensions rise and secrets are spilled, Milo and Kiara are both forced to question everything they thought they knew. Does love outweigh loyalty? And if so, is it worth dying for? [[Word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Content/trigger warning: Contains mature themes and violence