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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

Enzo's voice, full of both rage and despair, sliced through the gloom like a lifeline. His fingers clenched on mine, his clasp the sole firm object in this abyss. "Do you find me trustworthy?"

Blinking confused, the mothering blackness pressed against me. In my ears my pulse thundered. "I—I don't know," I muttered, my voice almost above a whisper. "Do you even Trust me?"

His quiet said volumes, and my chest ached more.

"Answer me!" Yanking my hand free, I demanded. Raw and shattered, my voice rang. "How can I believe someone is hiding so much? Who is taking me ever more into this dream?

His face was momentarily lit by the flutter of light from above, showing the strain in his jaw and shadows in his eyes. His voice angry, he yelled back, "You think I'm dragging you into this?" "You would find me wanting this for you? For us as well?

ABYSS OF TRUTH