Athena De Santi. Lawyer, Single mother, At least to the outside world that's what she is.
To the underworld she's La Regina Perduta (Hade's Queen) deadly, beautiful, an assassin who has never missed a target in her life, and Giovanni's Queen.
And not a second too soon for him.

She has lived a  shadowed life for far too long, to the world it appears that she is a confident loving mother ready to destroy anybody to save her little princess.

In truth she does have a daughter, a seven year old princess she must be the best mother she can be to protect this young innocent from her enemies.

Because a second with her has the potential of shattering him to a million tiny fragments.

However, he's about to find out she's not the easiest target to hit, or the type of woman who is easy to kill.

Especially not when she has secrets, and vengeance, of her own to redeem and a daughter to save.
She's all they fear.

And that is why he must tread very, very lightly.

Time is running out.

Fate holds all the cards now.

May God save those who dare to hurt her little girl.

HADE'S QUEEN (LA REGINA PERDUTA)

“You know I used to be like you once…. Pretty, naïve and prone to fantasy…., always waiting for the knight in shining armour to come and save me.” The girl whips her head back towards my direction. 


I take a swig of my drink and look in her direction, towards those awfully familiar eyes, “You’re not Russian,” she says. 


“Way to state the obvious princess, the accent kind of gives it away doesn’t it?” her hazel eyes slowly look me up and down, she investigates my appearance, trying to decipher what I am, an ally or a foe, my ruby red dress hugs my figure like a glove, I’m dressed to kill, Literally. 


“What is an Italian doing here, in Moscow, in a bar that I own, I’m sure you already know that I despise Italians and I happen to be the head of my Bravta, sounds like you’re dumber than you look, princess.” 


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