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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

"Is this how our ending looks? Enzo?" The silence of the abyss surrounding us carried my words trembling. His face was hardly lit by the dim glimmer of bioluminescent fungus on the wet tunnel walls, but I could still see the concern carved into his features.

Enzo's palm tightened on my, his hold both possessive and anchoring. Not if I have anything to say about it, he said, his voice harsh yet with an intensity that made my breath stop.

Swallowing the lump in my throat, I murmured, "You always think you can save me." But what happens should this time you find yourself unable?

His jaw tightened and his black eyes fixed on me with relentless accuracy. Then I'll die trying, he answered without delay. But I refuse to let you leave. Not at the moment. never ever.

WHISPERS IN THE ABYSS