Adena_Sky
The world knows Riccardo Vincenzo as a savior. Tyler Kingman knows him as a ghost.
For ten years, Riccardo was the silent shadow at the edge of Tyler's life-her father's most trusted partner, the "Uncle" who brought pressed wildflowers and rare books. But when a brutal mafia war shatters the Kingman estate, the mask of the family friend slips, revealing the cold, lethal machine beneath.
To save her, Riccardo doesn't just take her to safety. He claims her.
Locked within a monolithic fortress carved into the Amalfi cliffs, Tyler discovers that her life was never her own. Every dress she wore, every book she read, and every memory she cherished was a piece curated for a cage she didn't know was being built.
As the Mediterranean sun sets over the coast, the "training" begins. Riccardo doesn't want a victim; he wants a Consort.
To protect her twin brother and her father's legacy, Tyler must learn to speak the language of blood and sit on a throne of shadows.
In a world where love is a debt and freedom is a fantasy, Tyler is forced to make a devastating choice:
Fight the monster who destroyed her world, or become the Queen he designed her to be?
"He didn't build the cage to break her. He built it so the world could never take her back."
By ADENA_SKY