Held By The Sottocapo
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She was born into luxury and raised on fear.
A spoiled heiress to the world, a survivor behind closed doors.
When she's taken, rescued, and then kept-not as a prisoner, but as leverage-her life collides with a man who lives in shadows. An underboss who doesn't believe in mercy. A captor who was never meant to fall.
What begins as control turns into obsession.
What feels like protection becomes something far more dangerous.
This is not a love story built on softness.
It's about power, silence, survival-and the kind of desire that grows in the dark.
Trust is a weapon.
Love is a liability.
And some rescues come with a price.
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