Reminiscence of Oak and Ash

The door slammed open just as I aimed the glass at his neck. His grip snapped around my wrist, and before I could react, he shoved me against the door, slamming it shut behind us.
"Is that all you've got, 𝘣𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢?" His voice dripped with mocking amusement as he tightened his hold on my wrist, his fingers curling around my throat.
I glared up at him, my heart pounding in my ears. "Fuck you," I spat, my voice low and defiant.
He leaned in closer, the heat of his breath against my skin. "I'm sure you'd love to," he replied, his tone a dangerous mix of challenge and desire.

Arinah doesn't remember much from her past-only broken memories and occasional nightmares that keep her up at night. Raised in an abusive home, she always dreamed of escape. The only one who ever gave her hope was her childhood best friend, Vicenzo.

10 years ago they made a plan to run away together, to steal one of his father's yachts and escape both the crime world and her tormenting family. But their plan failed, and everything changed. Being left to die in a dark alley in the middle of the night, Ari was sold to underground crime rings, where she was introduced into a brutal life of cruelty and fear.

Enzo, now the leader of the Italian mafia, believed she was dead. The pain of their shared past haunted him until the day he spotted her at an underground auction. Without hesitation, he kidnaps her, determined to protect her-even if it means becoming the enemy in her eyes.

Ari, now stuck in an unfamiliar place with a not so unfamiliar person, begins to have her memories resurface, leading her to the truth about her past. And the truth is darker than she ever imagined.