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You'd think you could trust a man who promises not to call the police when there's a dead body five feet away.
You'd be wrong. Very, very wrong.
That night, Alessio DeMarco took me in. He gave me a name, a bed, and the illusion of safety. He fed me at his table, trained me beside his sons, and turned me into something sharp enough to survive his world.
Something dangerous.
Now I'm one of the deadliest assassins alive-raised in violence, educated in strategy, and trapped inside a family that sees me as property instead of blood. With his eldest son preparing to inherit the empire, Alessio has other plans for me.
Plans I refuse to be part of.
So I run. Straight into Sicily. Straight into another storm.
Because peace never lasts, not for people like us. Old ghosts rise. Loyalties fracture. Empires clash. And the man who trained me wants me back.
This time, I'm not running to survive.
I'm running to choose my own ending.