Tacita

THEY CALLED HER HELPLESS. THEY CALLED HER A MOUSE. THEY WERE WRONG.

For years, Chiara Valenti's silence wasn't a choice. It was a cage. Diagnosed with severe social anxiety, her selective mutism made her the perfect target for the cruel teenagers at her school. She survived the emotional violence by relying on one person: Juliana Brooks, the only girl who ever learned the quiet language of her hand squeezes. But when Juliana leaves for university in Boston, Chiara's safe world shatters.

Desperate to escape her own mind, Chiara takes a night-shift job at the local shipping docks-only to uncover a multi-million dollar mafia skimming scheme. When the ruthless Moretti Syndicate corners her, Chiara doesn't flinch. In the bleeding heart of the criminal underworld, she discovers something intoxicating: her silence isn't a weakness anymore. It's a weapon.

Now known as "Tacita," the mob's deadliest ghost accountant, Chiara is sent on a blood-soaked assignment to Boston. But the closer she gets to her mafia crown, the closer she gets to the girl she left behind. Can Chiara protect her dark empire without destroying the only person who ever truly loved her?

i have wrote chapters 1-10 so far, in which i consider the first arc, i call it "the Boston arc" in my head. i spent too long writing that description. yeah a lesbian and lots of bisexuals and the mafia what more could you want. new chapters come when i want them to