Shadows of Vengeance

"Who was that guy you were talking to?" Lorenzo's voice was low, edged with a dangerous calm that made the question feel more like a demand.

Alison raised an eyebrow, her tone sharp as she crossed her arms. "Why do you care?"

His jaw tightened, and his dark eyes burned with barely concealed anger. "Because he was looking at you like he wanted to rip that dress off you right there."

Alison scoffed, a smirk tugging at her lips. "Jealous, Lorenzo? Or just trying to play the overprotective husband act for fun?"

He took a step closer, his presence suffocating. "Call it whatever you want. Just know that no one looks at what's mine like that."

Her smirk faltered, but she refused to let him see the flicker of emotion in her eyes. "Yours? Keep dreaming, DeLuca."

In a world ruled by power, loyalty, and blood, the Moretti and DeLuca families have been locked in a vicious cycle of vengeance for decades. A single night-a deadly shootout at a lavish mafia gala-shatters the fragile truce between them, plunging their empires into chaos.

Alison Moretti, a fearless and sharp-tongued mafia heiress, was raised to embody her family's ruthless legacy. Lorenzo DeLuca, the cold and calculating son of their greatest enemy, is equally relentless in protecting his family's name. When the bloodshed threatens to destroy everything their fathers built, the warring families make a desperate choice: force Alison and Lorenzo into a marriage alliance to secure peace.

Bound by vows they neither want nor respect, the two enemies are thrust into a dangerous game of power, manipulation, and forbidden attraction. As hatred burns between them, they must navigate betrayal, shifting loyalties, and their growing desire for one another. But in a world where love is a weakness and trust is deadly, will their forced union end in peace-or in ruin?