"You won't break me, Valarie." I spat her name out with venom, loathing the idea that this woman was once my closest ally.
She let out a dark, almost sinister laugh.
"You're already broken, Serafina. Look at you, caged up despite your lashings out. What can an angel do with clipped wings?" she bit her lower lip, as if to prevent herself from laughing again, before puffing out another smoke ring and letting her head fall back on her chair. "I can't even look at you anymore, you're pathetic."
"You'd do right to put two in my skull right fucking now, Valarie. Or you'll regret it. I'll make you regret it." I warned. She dismissed the threat with a raise of a brow and continued to smoke her cigar.
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In the ruthless streets of New York's mafia empire, betrayal sheds blood - and love is the ultimate betrayal. Serafina Caruso and Valarie Barbieri, daughters of powerful crime lords, share a secret passion that could tear both their families apart. Once raised as inseparable friends, they are now divided by a growing war between their families, led by their fathers - men driven by greed, power, and the lies they feed their daughters. Their innocent bond twisted into a dangerous rivalry, fueled by the escalating feud between their families.
Manipulated by their fathers' toxic legacy, Serafina and Valarie are consumed by animosity, believing they despise each other to the core. Yet, beneath the facade of enmity lies an undeniable chemistry that threatens to unravel everything they've been taught to feel. Will they withstand the undeniable intensity between them, or will their loyalty to their families be their true devotion?
~Lesbian romance & Mature language~ *Second book in The Haven Series* *Cannot be read as a stand-alone book*
Here we are five years later, fighting for not only our lives but the lives of others again. Only now we are up against an invisible enemy. An enemy that leaves nothing but death, destruction, and chaos in its wake. I know we will have to go to great lengths and make great sacrifices to defeat this adversary, but to what lengths will we have to go? How many sacrifices will we have to make?