offintowonderland
Beatrice is the ultimate corporate closer. At over a century old, she has survived empires, wars, and Wall Street by burying her vampire nature beneath sharp tailoring and a flawless financial track record. Her next assignment should be just another day at the office: broker a high-stakes merger with Giovanni, a notoriously merciless mafia don who rules the city's underworld with an iron fist.
Then she steps into his boardroom-and the scent hits her.
Giovanni's blood isn't just intoxicating; it's a siren song that triggers a primal, overwhelming bloodlust Beatrice hasn't felt in decades. Every predatory instinct screams at her to tear out his throat. But killing him means sparking a devastating gang war and destroying the corporate empire she's spent lifetimes building. To survive the negotiation, she must wage a silent, agonizing war against her own hunger, hiding her fangs behind a polite business smile.
But Giovanni didn't climb to the top of the food chain by being oblivious. He is a man who smells weakness from a mile away, and he recognizes the lethal edge radiating from the elegant broker across the table.
As the ink dries and the bodies start to drop, Beatrice and Giovanni are forced into a reluctant, razor-sharp alliance. Someone is setting them up, and in a game where everyone has an agenda, Beatrice must figure out what's more dangerous: the hidden trap closing in on them, or the terrifying urge to make the city's most ruthless man her next meal.
Corporate greed meets primal hunger. Will they seal the deal, or bleed each other dry?