The Devil's Marionette

Alonzo Santi is not just the leader of The Marionette-he is The Marionette. No one makes a move in the world of crime, politics, or power without his strings pulling them. Ruthless, untouchable, and bound by no one, Alonzo,has spent his life ensuring that every enemy is silenced before they can even whisper his name.

Then there's Antonella Baya. A talented but unknown artist,also a mafias daughter she might look innocent but she's learned some things from her father ,with an unusual habit-she paints faces she's never seen before. She calls them "visions," but when one of her paintings turns out to be a perfect likeness of Alonzo, the most dangerous man in the world, she becomes a liability.

Alonzo doesn't believe in fate. He believes in control. So when his men bring Antonella to him, terrified and confused, he gives her a choice:

1. Stay and belong to him. A prisoner, a puppet-whatever he decides.

2. Disappear. But disappearing under Lucian's rule never means freedom.

Antonella is terrified, but she refuses to show it. She challenges him in ways no one has before, drawing out pieces of him he's long buried-shadows of the man he was before he became The Devil's Hand.

But the real danger isn't her.

It's the fact that she remembers things she shouldn't. Dreams of bloodstained marble floors, a gunshot in the dark, a burning house. Memories that belong to Alonzo,his dark dark past.

He's spent his life erasing his past, ensuring no one could ever use it against him. But somehow, Antonella has seen things she shouldn't-things no one should know.

And if she remembers everything, she could unlock a truth so dangerous it would shake even him.

Now, Alonzo has another choice:

Kill her before she remembers it all.

Or keep her so close that he controls which strings she pulls.

And for the first time, he's the one being played.

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