The Sin Of Duty (book 1)

"𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙢-𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙛𝙛-𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙨, 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨." ✧

𝗠𝗬 𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗬𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗗. 𝗠𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗠.

When my brother assigned Marco Dellucci as my personal bodyguard, everyone acted as though it was the most natural thing in the world.

A man who had spent years serving my family.

The problem was that I already knew Marco.

I'd known him since I was a kid.

Long before the broad shoulders, the military medals, and the reputation that made grown men think twice before speaking out of turn.

Every time I thought I had him figured out, he gave me another reason to question everything.

And somewhere between his rules, his silence, and all the ways he kept pushing me away. I started wondering if the person I needed protection from was him.

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𝗠𝗬 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗚𝗘. 𝗠𝗬 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘.

The day Matteo Moretti assigned me to Elena, I should have refused.

Not because I couldn't protect her. Because I knew exactly who she was. A woman completely out of reach.

The little girl who used to send me letters when I was overseas had grown into someone I barely recognized.

Protecting her should have been simple. Set boundaries. Keep my distance. Do my job.

Instead, every day around her became another exercise in self-control.

-𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦