23 parts Ongoing MatureKingdom of Vices • Book 1
Mafia Romance | Enemies to Lovers | Dark Obsession | Forced Proximity
He owns the city. But he wants to own her heart-and her soul.
Valerio De Moretti - 32, ruthless Italian mafia king, billionaire, dangerously charming. He doesn't just want Ariadne-he needs her. His obsession runs deep, his love is destructive, and he's not afraid to break her world to have her.
Ariadne Castell- 26, bold art curator with a haunted past. She doesn't scare easy, doesn't trust men, and definitely won't surrender her heart to a mafia king. But when danger closes in, she'll have to decide: run from him... or run to him.
"You hate me."
His voice was a rasp of smoke and gunpowder.
He stood above me like a god carved in war-blood on his shirt, madness in his eyes.
I was shaking. I wanted to run.
But my body? It was already betraying me.
I spat the words like they were venom.
"You ruined my life."
He knelt before me slowly, like a lion lowering itself before the kill.
"I didn't ruin your life, Ariadne."
His fingers brushed the side of my face, tender, reverent, like he was touching something fragile.
"I became it."