LOGINEmily never thought her crown would come with a gun to her head. Forced into a marriage with Jason, the ruthless heir of the mafia empire, she is torn between the innocence of her royal upbringing and the violent world he drags her into. But the deeper she’s pulled into Jason’s life, the harder it becomes to tell whether he is her captor… or her protector. When her cousin Adriana begins whispering warnings about Jason, Emily struggles to listen until betrayal slices through her world. Adriana, the cousin she trusts most, becomes Jason’s secret lover. And while Jason’s loyalty is tested between blood, power, and love, danger brews in the shadows of their enemies. In a world where alliances shift like loaded dice and passion burns as hot as bullets, Emily must decide: will she fight for her freedom, or surrender to the man who was never supposed to have her heart?
View MoreJason hadn’t slept. His eyes were bloodshot, his tie still knotted, his shirt rumpled. He sat in his office with a glass of whiskey untouched, papers scattered across the desk, a map of supply lines lit beneath a lamp.Adriana slipped in like smoke.“You’ll burn yourself out,” she said softly, her silk dress whispering against the floor. “And for what? For loyalty that isn’t returned?”Jason’s eyes lifted, sharp. “Leave.”But she didn’t. She came closer, pouring herself a drink from his decanter, her movements slow, deliberate.“She doubts you,” Adriana murmured, sipping. “She whispers with Peter when you’re not looking. You think your silence protects her, but all it does is push her into someone else’s arms.”Jason’s jaw tightened. “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”“Don’t I?” Her voice was velvet, her gaze cutting. “You can’t even look at me and tell me it’s not true.”Jason’s hand curled into a fist. He hated her. He needed her. She was a poison he couldn’t purge from his
The house was quiet after the attack, but it wasn’t peace, it was the heavy quiet of blood drying on marble and secrets hanging in the air. Jason had barricaded himself in his office. No one dared enter, not even Plu or Rain. Emily lingered outside the door for hours, listening to the low murmur of his voice through the wood. Sometimes it was harsh, clipped, orders barked into the phone. Other times it was silence, the kind that felt suffocating. She pressed her hand against the cold door, torn between stepping inside and turning away. He had nearly died for her tonight. Yet when she told him she didn’t know if she could trust him anymore, he hadn’t argued. That silence haunted her more than any bullet. Inside, Jason sat at his desk, his bloodied sleeve discarded, his hand wrapped in bandages. His storm-grey eyes stared at nothing, jaw tight. He replayed Emily’s words again and again. I don’t know if I can trust you anymore. That cut deeper than the bullet. Unable to stand the
The corridors of the Moretti estate felt like a labyrinth of whispers. Emily’s bare feet were silent against the marble as she followed the sound of laughter, a low, musical laugh she knew too well.Adriana.She found her in the drawing room, seated by the fire with a glass of wine in her hand. Silk clung to her frame, the flickering flames painting shadows across her face. She looked up when Emily entered, her smile sly, indulgent.“Well,” Adriana purred, “if it isn’t the dutiful wife.”Emily’s nails dug into her palms. “Enough games, Adriana. I want to know the truth.”Her cousin tilted her head, feigning innocence. “Truth about what?”“About you and Jason.” The words burned like acid on Emily’s tongue. “Everywhere I turn, you’re there. In his office. At his side. Always whispering. Always watching. Tell me I’m wrong. Tell me you haven’t…” Her voice broke. “Tell me you haven’t touched him.”For a moment, silence reigned. Then Adriana rose slowly, setting her glass aside. She crossed
Adriana waited until the mansion hushed into uneasy sleep.Her heels clicked softly on the marble as she drifted through the halls like a shadow, pausing at Jason’s study door. She didn’t need to knock. She already knew what had happened in there earlier, the sharpness in Emily’s voice, Jason’s thunderous silence, and finally, that kiss that sounded like war.She smiled to herself.When Peter emerged from the courtyard below, Adriana called down softly, like a siren. “You’re restless too.”Peter stopped, looking up at her with guarded eyes. “You’re always awake when you shouldn’t be.”Adriana tilted her head, her silk robe slipping slightly from her shoulder. “Someone has to be awake to keep an eye on Jason.”Her cousin’s name hung between them like smoke.“You’re poisoning them,” Peter said finally, his tone flat.Adriana’s smile only widened. “No, caro. I’m just… reminding Emily what kind of man she married. The rest, she does to herself.”Her eyes glittered, dark and dangerous. “An






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