March_Reader
*Power built their empires. Honor will decide their fate.*
Alessandro Lucien Valcieri, the ruthless heir to Italy's most feared mafia family, has learned that love is a luxury men like him can never afford. After a betrayal leaves both his heart and his family's honor in ruins, he trusts only loyalty, power, and duty.
Aurela Itara Crystalia, the sole heiress of France's most influential family, has spent her entire life preparing to carry a legacy she never chose. Raised to believe that family comes before everything, she is willing to sacrifice even her own happiness to protect those she loves.
When an unexpected scandal threatens to shatter a fragile alliance between two powerful houses, Alessandro and Aurela are bound by an arranged marriage neither of them wanted.
To him, she is nothing more than a political obligation.
To her, he is a man whose heart is locked behind walls built from betrayal.
But beneath the glittering world of wealth, power, and privilege lies a dangerous game where every alliance hides a secret, every shadow conceals an enemy, and one wrong move could ignite a war.
As old rivalries awaken and unseen forces begin to close in, Alessandro and Aurela must decide whether they will remain prisoners of the past... or risk everything for a future neither of them ever imagined.
Because in a world where loyalty is earned, betrayal is fatal, and honor is everything...
**the greatest battle is not for power-it's for the hearts they swore they would never surrender.**