BOOK ONE OF THE DELVECCHI BROTHERS 𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐅𝐈𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝙐𝙋𝘿𝘼𝙏𝙀 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔 𝙈𝙊𝙉𝘿𝘼𝙔 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙁𝙍𝙄𝘿𝘼𝙔 Matteo, the head of the Delvecchi Dynasty and the man holding a fractured empire together. An empire built on discipline, on loyalty, on blood. Then came Leyana Vancliff : 𝙩𝙝𝙚 "𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡" , who was supposed to pay for her father's sins. To Matteo, she was meant to be his prisoner. His financial architecture. His legacy's silent partner. But as the gunfire echoes from the Italian ports back to the Swiss Alps where everything began , the lines between ownership and obsession begin to blur. In an empire where brothers turn ruthless, enemies move in silence, and loyalty is tested by gunfire, one mistake can bring everything down. Every weakness is an invitation to war. And loving the wrong person is the kind of mistake that destroys dynasties. ⧽ 𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦...𝐈𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 ⧼ #1 . afterdark 24.01.2026