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Sold to the highest bidder to pay off a blood feud, I never imagined I would be the pawn in my father's fatal game. Still, here I am before Enzo De Luca, the most vicious mafia leader in the city. Though appealing, he is cold, deliberate, and as lethal. Though my heart races just from his proximity, it is his touch that ignites me. My body betrays me and reacts to him in ways I am powerless over. And I melt as he softly, commandingly says my name.

Enzo loves neither me nor another. In his deadly kingdom, I am only another bargain, another transaction. But every time we are alone, the conflict between us snaps—desire becomes a terrible addiction. Although I detest him for everything he stands for, I yearn for the way he consumes me, body and soul.

He has made it quite evident—our marriage is more about power than love. Still, every angry gaze and every snatched moment in the shadow reveals something different. Benevolent underneath his icy façade lies something broken that appeals to the darkest sides of me. But depending on a man like Enzo may mean losing everything.

Bound to him now, for better or worse, I am caught in a world where loyalty is brittle and treachery carries a bullet. Our friendship gets more perilous the more truths about his empire I find. And as the past calls for us, I have to question myself: will our passion be the thing that ruins us both or can I survive loving a guy like Enzo De Luca?

Burning in his arms is me. But in his universe, I could roast alive.

OWNED BY MR MAFIA

The metallic taste of blood fills my lips, and every breath seems like a blade slashing through my lungs. My vision fades, the dim light of the warehouse creating jagged shadows on the walls. But I can't stop. Not now. Not with Enzo and Vincent by my side, fighting for every precious second of life.

"You're surrounded!" The voice shouts through the darkness, cold and disconnected. I can't locate it, but I know it's sort—the kind that revels in power and misery.

"Show yourself!" I yell, my voice harsh. The exertion sends a surge of anguish through my chest, but I swallow it down. "Coward!"

Laughter echoes, cold and terrible. "You really think you can change anything? That you can win?"

Beside me, Enzo's jaw tightens, his eyes burning with rage. "Ignore him," he adds, his voice low yet forceful. "He wants to rattle us."

WHISPERS OF BETRAYAL