"𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷'𝓽 𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾." NEW CHAPTERS COMING!! Phoebe Evans knows wealth. She grew up surrounded by it in the high-country pastures of Colorado. A world of quiet mountain air, mahogany barns, and hard work. But New York wealth? That's a completely different monster. Cold. Loud. Ruthless. When Phoebe lands a high-stakes design internship at Vogue, she isn't looking to fit into New York's elite social scene, she's just trying to survive it. Then comes the night of an exclusive launch party at SoHo's most elusive nightclub that her boss invited her to. Overwhelmed by the fake smiles and suffocating pretension, Phoebe slips away to an off-limits rooftop balcony for a moment of peace. She isn't actually alone. He's standing in the dark, watching the skyline. Quiet. Unbothered. For twenty minutes, they exchange real words like two ordinary strangers escaping the noise. Luca Moretti controls the city's underground empire. People fear him, buy him, or stay out of his way. Nobody gets close. But the new girl from Colorado treated him like a human being, and in Luca's violent, high-stakes world, that makes her the most dangerous and forbidden distraction he's ever known.

Rule #1: No feelings. Rule #2: No touching unless necessary. Rule #3: Never trust him. Gianna Moretti was raised to survive men who kill with smiles and promises. Cold. Calculated. Untouchable. After her father's death, she inherits an empire that expects her to fail and enemies who are waiting for her to bleed. Mikhail Volkov doesn't believe in mercy. Or coincidence. As the ruthless new head of the Russian Bratva, he rules through silence, patience, and inevitability. He doesn't raise his voice. He doesn't need to. Chicago is on the brink of war. To prevent bloodshed, an unthinkable solution is proposed: marriage between enemies. A political union forged in resentment, suspicion, and power games. No love. No trust. No illusions. But some enemies don't destroy each other with bullets. They do it slowly-through proximity, control, and everything left unsaid. Because when two people who refuse to bend are forced into the same cage... something is bound to break.

To the world he was a beast but for her he would do anything. He could have the world but all he wanted was her. They say the things we want most are the things we can't have. For she was so afraid of him that even the thought of him could have her running for the hills. Little did she know that she was the only one who didn't have to be afraid of him. Credits for the cover go to @Chatachino for the amazing cover.

❝When everyone knows you're a monster, you needn't waste time doing every monstrous thing.❞ In which Eleanor Fraser has her life turned for the best and worse by the devil himself, Klaus Mikaelson. KLAUS MIKAELSON X ORIGINAL FEMALE CHARACTER PRE-TVD AND PRE-THE ORIGINALS WARNING: Sexual content, vulgar language, explicit scenes. The first chapter features a forced scene, please read cautiously. THIS BOOK IS UNEDITED, CREATED WHEN I WAS STILL NEW TO WRITING, SO THERE ARE MANY, MANY MISTAKES SO I APOLOGISE. cover by: @humaneity