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"You have no idea what you've gotten yourself into," he warned, his voice dark and dripping with blood.
"Neither do you," I whispered back, tightening my grip on the metal bar.
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New York was supposed to be Victoria's escape. A clean slate far away from Spain, her mother's suffocating silence, and the ghosts of her past. But independence on a massive campus feels less like freedom and more like a beautifully lit prison.
Until the night she steps into a rainy alley and saves Roman.
Tattooed, bruised, and carrying the weight of a criminal underworld on his shoulders, Roman is everything Victoria should avoid. He is dangerous, arrogant, and determined to keep her at a distance. But in a city full of strangers, his protectiveness becomes the only thing that makes her feel alive.
As a fragile alliance between rival gangs threatens to burn the Bronx to the ground, Victoria is pulled into a world of white bandanas, leaked meetings, and blood. But the deadliest danger isn't on the streets of New York, it's a web of family secrets stretching all the way back to Spain.
When the truth about her bloodline unravels, Victoria will learn that true freedom comes at a devastating price. And loving Roman might just be the hardest thing she'll ever have to bear.
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🟥 TROPES: Grumpy x Sunshine | Slow Burn | Gangs & Underworld | Family Secrets