Contract of Hate

At Blackthorne Academy, heirs aren't educated.

They're weaponized.

For three years, Valentina Rossi has fought to prove she's more than a pawn in her family's empire. She's top of her strategy class, lethal in combat training, and known for never backing down - especially not from Dante Moretti.

Cold. Arrogant. Ruthless.

The heir to one of the most powerful criminal syndicates in the country.

Her rival.

Her equal.

Her worst possible match.

When senior year arrives, so does the tradition that binds every elite family together: arranged marriages designed to consolidate power. Alliances are forged at a masked gala. Contracts are signed. Futures are sealed.

And Valentina is promised to the one man she swore she would never belong to.

Dante doesn't date.

He doesn't chase.

He claims.

But Valentina refuses to be owned - even by a man who sets her pulse racing and challenges her at every turn.

As political tensions rise and enemies close in, their forced alliance becomes something far more dangerous than rivalry.

Because in a world built on control and power...

Falling in love is the greatest risk of all.