Blood made the first promise. Revenge remembered the rest. Anastasia Volkov was raised to be obedient. Silent. Intelligent. Untouchable. As the daughter of a powerful Russian Bratva king, she understood that loyalty was currency and love was measured in control. When her father arranges her marriage to an Italian enforcer she has never met, Anastasia accepts her fate without protest. She doesn't know she's walking into a lie that began long before she was born. Matteo De Luca is ruthless, cold, and carved from discipline. As the enforcer for his family, he has spent his life turning violence into obedience. Marrying Anastasia is not a choice. It's a command. A necessary step in a plan built on patience, blood, and revenge. He was never meant to want her. She was never meant to matter. But in the quiet spaces between duty and desire, something dangerous begins to grow. A slow burn. A fracture. A bond neither of them planned for. Because the past hasn't been forgiven. It has only been waiting. And blood... always remembers. A dark mafia romance featuring an arranged marriage, slow-burn obsession, morally gray characters, and a love story forged in secrets, loyalty, and revenge. ✨Book One✨

She entered the palace with a fake smile and a dangerous plan. Steal the royal family's money. Manipulate the prince. Disappear before anyone discovers the truth. But Zoey didn't expect the palace to be hiding secrets darker than her own. Anonymous messages begin appearing. Hidden cameras vanish overnight. Someone knows her real name. And every lie she tells pulls her deeper into a deadly game she can no longer control. The worst part? The only person she trusts ,Tae -may be connected to the very people who destroyed her life. Now Zoey must decide who's lying... before the palace buries her alive with the truth. Honesty with the Truth of Lies A dark royal thriller filled with obsession, betrayal, blackmail, romance, and dangerous secrets.