Under the Devil's Thumb [COMPLETE]

Natalie Brooks was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

One bullet.
One alley.
One moment she couldn't unsee.

Now she belongs to a world built on quiet violence and clean hands-a world where people aren't hunted, they're catalogued. Where survival depends not on strength, but on silence.

Vittorio Morelli doesn't raise his voice.
He doesn't make threats.
He runs a system-and Natalie has been absorbed into it.

As her body heals, the rules tighten. She is watched. Measured. Prepared for sale.

The man assigned to guard her keeps his distance. He follows orders. He never looks at her too long. And yet, in the small moments-water offered without command, dignity preserved when she has none left-Natalie realizes something far more dangerous than cruelty may be at work.

Because in a world designed to erase her, being seen might be the most dangerous thing of all.