The pen and the Legacy

"The pen told the truth ...but rewrote both our legacies"

She writes truths. He buries them.
One runs from legacy.
One rules because of it.
When the past comes knocking in the form of shadows, secrets, and a marriage neither of them chose - ink bleeds into blood.
The Pen and the Legacy is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers mafia romance about the woman who tried to rewrite her story... and the man who refuses to let her forget it.

A little bit teaser

Avian didn't look at her as the footage played.
"Tell me, Dahlia... do you think your brother preferred the kitchen cameras, or the one pointed at your bedroom door?"
He finally met her eyes.
"You were never alone. You just liked pretending you were.

He tossed the envelope onto the table like a discarded debt.
"Dahlia Moretti. Finally, someone says your name right."
He watched her freeze.

He tilted his head, voice casual but edged with steel.
"The lies would be prettier if your eyes didn't scream Moretti every time you blinked."
A pause.
"Or maybe that's part of your act. Hiding in plain sight. The invisible daughter with a deadly pen."

"You wrote about monsters like you weren't born in a den of them."
He stepped closer, voice like a whisper from the dark.
"The only difference between us is that I don't hide behind ink."