Beneath Torment and Truth
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They told her her family was gone.
They told her her sister was dead.
They never told her the truth.
Alanzi Valentino was left with nothing but grief-until the fire inside her revealed a truth buried in blood and legacy. Her parents were not ordinary people. They were the rulers of a powerful and secret Italian mafia. And the enemies that killed them... took more than lives.
Now trained, armed, and unstoppable, Alanzi becomes "Ghost"-a name whispered in fear across the underworld. But as she hunts the truth behind her sister's disappearance, she discovers a world of betrayal, hidden identities, and a man who broke her heart... without ever knowing who she really was.
Ares.
Enemies to lovers. Secret twin brother. Fake deaths. Real revenge.
This is not just a comeback. It's a reckoning.
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