Under Their Protection (SAMPLE ONLY)

Lizabeth Collins.

The name my mother gave me before she took her last breath. The name my father hates as much as he hates me.

I've been abused since I was a kid. Told I was worthless and a disgrace to the family name. It happened so much that I could easily block it out. He made me understand that I would never be anything, and I believed every word he said.

But by some miracle, a knight on a white horse came to save me, or rather three.

Max Moretti. Alexi Moretti and Bastian Moretti.

My father made a deal with them and married me off to the Mafia Don because he owed them money. And then he expected me to spy for him and steal information that he could use against them.

They are the most dangerous men in the city, and I happen to be married to one.

They swooped in, saved me from my abusive family, and welcomed me into their home without expecting anything in return. But their word is a dark one, and I fear I might not survive in it.