Christian Scar was forged to be a weapon, honed to obey and destroy. But Mila Romani? She's the one thing he can't control-the daughter of the man who owns him and the girl he's spent his life silently protecting.
Mila is untouchable, a porcelain doll in a gilded cage, surrounded by power and danger she doesn't fully understand. Shes the daughter to the crime boss of The New York Outfit. Yet when Christian is near, the shadows feel closer, darker, and impossible to ignore. He's the only one who sees her for who she truly is.
Their bond is forbidden, tangled in secrets, lies, and the blood-stained empire they both belong to. But Christian can't stay away, even if his presence puts her at risk. Mila should fear him. She should run from the man who walks the line between savior and monster.
But she doesn't.
Drawn to him by something she can't explain, Mila finds herself torn between the life she knows and the man who makes her feel alive in ways she never thought possible.
If Mila's his light, Christian is her darkness. And no matter how far they run, they're bound to collide. The line between love and hate blurs, and betrayal threatens to tear them apart. In a world where love is a weakness, Christian and Mila are about to discover the devastating consequences of falling for the one person they were never meant to have.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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