Zayn face was contorted into a twisted grin as he gripped my hair in a tight grip. With a cruel tug, he forced me to meet his cold, unyielding gaze. Tears streamed down my cheeks. "Vanessa darling," zayn sneered, his voice dripping with malice," you have a simple choice to make. Marry me willingly, or watch as those you love suffer in unspeakable fates. I have the power to ensure the safety of those you hold dear, but only if you comply. "Za-yn, please, I beg you. Please let me go. I pleas, and my sobs fell on deaf ears as Zayn's laughter, filled the room. "Looks like.... il mio bambino ( my babe ) needs to see what I can do. " Guards remove the curtains from the front of your queen. Now look in front of you ness. If you dare to look away, I will make the scene worse than it is. " He said with a smirk on his face. When curtains were removed in front of me. My eye balls came out of their sockets. My jaw dropped. Fear runs down my spine. My heart shattered into a million pieces as i saw my whole freaking family hanging on the wall with chains around their neck, ankles . My cousins, aunts, uncles, and my parents. They all were in front of me in unconscious and bad shape. Guards were around them, pointing their guns towards them. Za-yn ! I stuttered..... __________________________ Meet Vanessa Stevens,a young beautiful woman who lives in a small town in America. She's a florist and living her best life with her family members and her best friend. What will happen when she goes on a blind date on behalf of her best friend? What will happen when devil on earth sets his eyes on Vanessa? Meet Zayn DiCaprio Malik, a devil itself on earth. In the world, Zayn Malik is the feared mafia leader, striking terror along with his name .He can get whatever he wants in a blink of eye.His ruthless personality leaves no room for mercy. So what will happen when devil itself set his eyes on Vanessa? How he's going to make her his? If you want a detail description, read prologue.

I'm working every waking hour. You'd think that smuggling would pay better, but nothing has been easy since the war. I can't go on like this. I need someone to take the load off my shoulders. I need a slave. --- Robert has had nothing handed to him in life. Everything is a battle, and the threat of arrest is always looming. He buys a slave, and as far as he's concerned, she's nothing but an extra set of hands. But as time goes on, she worms her way into his heart. [This is not a romance.] *** Content Warning: A character of this story is a victim of abuse. I do not condone the actions of any of the characters ***

Cassian Drevault is a prisoner of his own madness. Born into a kingdom of cruelty and cold control, he wears his legacy like chains - and beneath the polished mask, he punishes himself for every tear Ziva Mace sheds. Three years ago, she stained his world with a single careless spill. Since then, she has been his obsession, his torment, the fracture in his fractured soul. She doesn't remember him. She never knew the man who watches her from the shadows, who lures her into a gilded cage beneath his cold estate's iron gates. He cages her body with iron rules, surveillance, and ruthless demand. But she cages his soul with silent defiance. Every tear she refuses to shed, he bleeds thrice over. Every act of resistance, he scars himself in the dark, invisible to the world. To the outside, he is the captor - the man who owns her. But in the prison of obsession and pain, the roles are blurred. She is the jailer. He is the captive. And in this poisoned dance of possession, love is a weapon, agony a currency, and freedom a cruel illusion neither can afford. --- "He built a cage of walls and whispers - but she holds the key to his prison." "She is the lock he cannot pick, the silence he cannot break." "In the end, captivity is not about chains - it's about who holds your soul."

One look was all it took. Luna never noticed the man watching her from the shadows of that hospital corridor-but he saw everything. The way she smiled at the nurse, the fear in her eyes when she entered the exam room, the soft kindness in her voice. In that moment, he decided: she would be his. But Luna's world crumbled when the results came back. A rare, life-threatening condition. One chance of survival-a bone marrow transplant from a donor who refused to help. Desperate, Luna searched for answers, unaware that every road led back to him. The illness. The rejection. Even the donor file "accidentally" left behind. All of it was his design. Because he didn't want to save her. He wanted to own her. As Luna fights to survive, she discovers the truth: she isn't dying. She was never sick. And the only thing growing inside her... are his children. She thought she needed a cure. What she really needs-is to escape. ---

She was raised to believe pain was love. He was raised to destroy anyone who touched what was his. When she escapes her family and falls into the arms of an Italian mafia boss, survival turns into obsession. He doesn't just save her. He avenges her. Slowly.

He pinned me against the wall, his hand on my throat and his lips on my neck. 'Run,' he said. 'I'll just drag you back.' I should hate him. I'm terrified of him. So why does my body betray me every time he whispers my name? He warned me once: "This city protects me, not you." Now I believe him. When I went to the police to escape Aleksandr Markov's relentless obsession, my sister was framed and locked up. When I tried to run, he bought my workplace and became my boss. When I begged him to let me go, he whispered in my ear with his lips pressed to my neck: "You're mine, My little dove. Struggle all you want-I'll keep you until you stop fighting... or until you break." But the scariest part? The longer I'm trapped in his cage, the less I want to leave. A billionaire villain. A powerless heroine. A game of power, obsession, and desire where losing means surrendering everything-including your heart.

"Marked by the Monster" A forbidden love, born from obsession and power. He's the Mafia King-ruthless, calculating, and cold. She's the one thing he can't have, and the only thing he wants. Their worlds collide in a dangerous game of desire and control. She's his enemy. He's her monster. Together, they'll burn everything they touch. But this isn't just love... it's possession. A battle of wills where only one can walk away unbroken. Mafia. Power. Lust.

"𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆." . . . . . . A dark, obsessive, slow-burn romance between a dangerous don and the devout girl who dares to say NO.

A child marriage they never asked for. A future they never expected. She was just 13, he was 15, when their fates were bound by family and tradition. He walked away. She waited. Now she's 18, finally sent to live with the husband she barely knows... And he's 20, more distant, more bitter, and completely uninterested. To him, she's invisible. To her, he's everything she was promised-but never had. Will the boy who left ever become the man who stays? Can a marriage born in silence... ignite into something real? Child Marriage Hate-to-Love Invisible-to-Irresistible Forced Proximity / Living Together "Touch Her and You Die" Vibes Possessive Jealousy Slow Burn Obsession