The Cosa Nostra was a brutal hierarchy from the day it was created. The man who rules it-Vittorio Genovese-sat at the top of it all. So, when the day comes and he decides to enact a plan to overthrow his biggest rival, Alexi Dimitri, he decides that the best way to destroy his enemy is to take the one thing he spent his life protecting. His daughter. Syrena Dimitri avoided violence at all costs, pursuing education and knowledge as her own form of power. Her parents made sure to provide her that, granting her the choice to build her own life, far from the life they lead. But when a man like Vittorio takes that all away, she has no choice but to do the thing she would regret the least: Survive. Vittorio throws her into a Cosa Nostra tradition, a sick and twisted form of entertainment created to find a wife suitable for the members of the criminal organization, widely known as the Italian Games. Now Syrena has to play to win and survive, both from the deadly games and from the clutches of Vittorio Genovese, all while trying to find a way back home. But Syrena soon finds out that she was locked in a prison, one whose keys are in the hands of the Italian mobster. An Italian bastille. [The third installment in the Mafia Chronicles and a complete standalone]

❛ 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 ❜ ▪⬞▪ "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦" ▪⬞▪ To him, she's merely a pawn and possession he acquired through marriage to ascend the brutal hierarchy of the mafioso. And to her, he embodies the fear she holds for her dear life. First, snatched away like a toy second, chained by a coerced marriage and the end? She does not know. Her life bears no worth beyond being a puppet wife to this ruthless beast. ➺ An innocent girl who knows the world only through her books ~ ➺ A sadist man who is obsessed only with his power and dominion ~ ▪⬞▪ ⚠️ Dark Romance with Toxicity and Triggering Contents. [Standalone book]