𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. "𝐘𝐨𝐮... 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞?" 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝. "𝐈𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨𝐯-𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝-𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚-𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚?" 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐭, 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲. "𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚," 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲. "𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭." ⏝꒷︶ ͡𑁬⁠♡໒ ͡ ︶꒷⏝ 𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧𝙨. 𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙛𝙞𝙖𝙨. 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. After Aurora Santorini, princess of the Italian mafia, is caught breaking into the home of Ivan Volkov-the cold heir to Russia's most feared empire-an alliance is forced upon them. An alliance through marriage. There's only one problem: Ivan demands control. Aurora refuses to be controlled. But in a world built on betrayal, falling for the enemy might be the most dangerous mistake of all.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧, 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐡," 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐩. "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬." "𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐝𝐨?" 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝. "𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐭." ~~~~~~~ Delilah Winters has been in love with Kyro Maddox for years. He's a bully. Feared by everyone... except her. When he finally turns his attention on her, she doesn't break. She plots. Because Delilah isn't just some girl with a crush. She's a mastermind. And she's going to make him love her back. Content note: This story includes themes of bullying, insecurity, references to disordered eating and body dysmorphia, and suggestive content.