Echoes Of A Silent Heart
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Fifteen-year-old Athena Romano hasn't spoken a word since she was five. After her mother married her stepfather, her world fell into silence-not just because of the trauma, but because speaking became too dangerous. Her mother's sharp words turned into slaps, and when her stepfather arrived, the bruises multiplied. Athena learned that silence was survival. But when a brutal accident leaves Athena with blooded hands, she gets taken in by her real father. A man she's never met.
Damien Romano isn't just any man-he's the cold, calculating head of one of the most powerful crime families in the city. He's dangerous, untouchable, and now Athena's legal guardian. Swept into a world of money, power, and blood, Athena struggles to find her place among the shadows of her father's empire.
But silence doesn't protect her here. Surrounded by dangerous men and hidden agendas, Athena must learn to navigate the dark underworld her father controls. When an old enemy-Grayson Diaz sets his sights on Athena, she realizes that silence is no longer her shield-it's her weakness.
Now Athena has to go to a prestigious criminal league mafia school, dealing with Grayson Diaz's obsession over her. And her four older brothers trying to figure out her dark past.
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