𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄'𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐀'𝐒 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐖

"𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭."

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Valentina Aria De'Luca was only five when she was taken from her family. For years, she lived in the shadows of a life that was never hers-until the day she's thrown back into the world she barely remembers.

Seventeen years old. Timid. Quiet. A stranger in her own bloodline. Some of her brothers welcome her home, clinging to the memory of the bubbly little girl they lost. Others aren't so forgiving, their trust hardened by the life they've lived without her.

But Valentina has secrets-ones she can't afford to spill. The truth about where she's been, what she's endured, and the battles she fights in silence. She may carry the De Luca name, but she's not the same girl they lost.

And in a family built on power, loyalty, and blood, being a shadow might not be enough to survive.