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In the high-rise glass towers of Manhattan, souls aren't traded-they're bought.
Alessia Valli was never meant to be more than a footnote in her father's ledger. But when a debt to the ruthless Dante Moretti goes unpaid, she becomes the collateral. Dante isn't just a billionaire; he's a shark who smells blood in the water. He's cold, calculated, and possesses a darkness that rivals the midnight skyline.
He wants her broken. She wants her freedom.
But as the lines between hatred and obsession blur, Alessia realizes that the only thing more dangerous than being his captive is the terrifying realization that she might not want to leave.
"You were a transaction, Alessia. Don't mistake my touch for mercy."
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"How much?"
My voice was a ghost of its former self, echoing off the marble walls of his office.
Dante didn't look up from his desk. He didn't have to. His presence took up every inch of the room, suffocating and lethal. When he finally leaned back, his eyes-darker than a sin-raked over me with a terrifying, clinical possessiveness.
"Everything," he whispered, the word a silken threat. "Your name, your breath, your very soul. You don't belong to your father anymore, little bird. You belong to me."
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