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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

"You always were too predictable, Enzo," a frigid, familiar voice murmured.

My blood chilled. "No," cannot be.

Lena's hold on my arm got stronger. Whose is it? Enzo, what is happening?

The man moved into the low light, his features contorted with a haughtiness.

Rising a rifle and squarely directing it at Lena, he greeted old acquaintance "Hello." "Did you not expect I would let you win?"

I started forward, but a thunderous gunshot halted me in my tracks. Lena shrieked, and the space collapsed.

Except for the gunshot echo, the room was absolutely quiet. My heart thung as my eyes flew to Lena, who had dropped to the ground, her breathing faint but consistent. For a short second, relief flooded me before I understood the threat wasn't gone.

The man carrying the rifle grinned, his dark form hovering over us. Enzo, you were always sluggish to respond. You will pay for that reluctance.

SHADOWS OF TRUTH