Anna

In the world of crime, love is a liability-and liabilities don't survive.

Luca Moretti and Isabella Rossi were once deeply in love. But their love was doomed from the start. Born into rival mafia empires, they were forced apart, their futures dictated by a war neither of them started.

Now, years later, they meet again not as lovers, but as enemies.

Luca, the cold and calculating heir to the Moretti crime syndicate, is given a single order: Kill Isabella.

Her family's actions cost the Morettis everything, and now, blood must be repaid with blood.

Isabella, a deadly enforcer and heir for the Rossi organization, has her own mission: Kill Luca first. She won't wait for his family to hunt her down.

But when they clash in the middle of a battlefield, everything unravels. Their past explodes into the present, forcing them to question everything they thought they knew.

The war around them grows deadlier by the second. A third enemy lurks in the shadows, ready to destroy them both.

With betrayal at every turn, trust is impossible. Their love is a weakness neither of them can afford. But no matter how much they try to fight it-some fires refuse to die.

In a world where bullets are easier to trust than people, can they survive each other?

Or will their love be the thing that finally kills them?

Chapter 9 : Bitter Brews and Lingering Looks