LOGINHe kidnapped her. She treated his house like an Airbnb. He humiliated her. She made every day of his life a living hell. Alessandro De Luca is everything Luna was taught to fear: cold, ruthless, and nearly a decade older than her. As the man running one of Ashmoor's most powerful mafia outfits, he has no patience for spoiled nineteen-year-olds with sharp tongues and an alarming attachment to instant ramen. Luna has spent her entire life trapped inside the rules of the mafia. She doesn't want a powerful husband. She doesn't want to become someone's trophy wife. She wants freedom. And she will do anything to get it. They were never supposed to work. But somewhere between escaping his house, ruining his peace, and finding themselves unable to keep their hands off each other, the line between captor and captive begins to disappear. Because Alessandro might be the only man capable of giving Luna the freedom she's always wanted. And Luna might be the only person capable of making the most dangerous man in Ashmoor want something he was never supposed to have. But freedom always comes with a price. With enemies closing in and secrets threatening to destroy everything between them, they will both have to make a choice. Hold on to each other or let go before love becomes another cage.
View MoreDear Readers,
Welcome to a brand-new journey! ❤️
If you've read my previous novel, A Twenty Something, you might recognize a few familiar names and faces. This story takes place in the same fictional universe, but it is a complete standalone. You don't need to read any of my earlier books to enjoy Luna and Alessandro's story.
For this novel, I've also introduced fictional cities and locations to better suit the world and the story I wanted to tell.
This is a dark mafia romance featuring mature themes, violence, and morally grey characters. Please remember that the events and relationships in this book are entirely fictional and are written for storytelling purposes.
Most importantly, this is Luna's story, a girl who has spent her entire life in a cage, searching for a life that truly belongs to her.
I hope you'll laugh with her, cry with her, get frustrated with her, and fall in love with her journey.
Happy reading!
— C
LUNAI have officially lost my mind.So has he.Not so subtly, I told him that I wanted him to be my first. And he rejected me. He didn't even stay in the bedroom. He bolted. Like I was something dangerous. Like I was something he needed to escape.Does he really think I was joking?Because I wasn't. I'm not. I—God, why is this so difficult?He's sending me away. He might die in this war. The thought left a sour taste in my mouth, something metallic and cold that settled in my chest and refused to leave.Did I read the room wrong? I knew for a fact that he was interested in me. That he wanted me. That he cared for me. That he was scared of losing me. I'd seen it in his eyes. Felt it in his touch. Tasted it in his kiss.Then how can he act like I don't matter?It's not like I was asking for something grand. We've been intimate before. We've crossed lines that can't be uncrossed. Why the fuck won't he take things forward?Argh! Why did I even ask him?The realization hit me like thunde
ALESSANDROThere are a million ways to kill a man, and all Luna has to do is open her goddamn mouth.“I think I'm into spanking,” she announced, sitting in my lap as if she hadn't just spent the last ten minutes making it impossible for me to think straight. “Now that I'm leaving, we should do the other thing too.”I stared at her.She stared back.My brain, which had successfully managed to plan a war against two mafia bosses, identify an insider in my organization, and calculate approximately seventeen ways to dismantle Elio's empire, had apparently decided to resign.“What other thing?” I asked, although I already knew what she meant.Her eyes widened.“Oh, don't do that.”“Do what?”“Pretend you don't know what I'm talking about.”“I'm trying to understand what goes on inside that head of yours.”“Nothing. It's a peaceful place. There are butterflies and rainbows and occasionally a violent murder fantasy.”“Sounds about right.”She smacked my chest.I caught her hand before she co
LUNAAm I already in that somewhere safe place?All I could see was white. The last thing I remembered was black.Then a pair of amber eyes filled my vision.Sandro. Six men. Shit.I tried to sit up, but the world tilted around me."I'm sorry," I whispered. "You already have so much on your plate. Then I went and passed out on you—""Did you really pass out because I told you I was sending you somewhere safe?"I sat up carefully and drank the water Sandro handed me. On the TV, the same show was still playing."They're not done yet?" I exclaimed.Because they were still going at it on the bed. Without a bedsheet covering them."It's the next day," Sandro said."Oh."For a second, we both just stared at the screen."I don't want to go." I broke the silence. “I don’t trust those people in somewhere safe.”"You don't know them.""That's exactly why I shouldn't leave. They could be killers.""You're living with a bunch of killers."I got up and even tried to drag him with me. "You're tired
LUNAVin and Marco have returned. The latter one is exhausted. The former one is angry. At me. Two hundred and thirty death glares later, he stomped to Matias’s room, said something and went back to his wing.“Where is Sandro?” I asked Marco.“Busy.”“He should come home and eat dinner.”“He will eat outside.”“Where will he sleep?”“He doesn’t sleep tonight.”“But what if he is sleepy and takes a nap while driving and something happens?” I gasped loudly, “He should come home.”Marco completely turned towards me, resting his hands on my shoulder, almost crushing me to the ground. “Look, Sandro has been through much worse situations than feeling sleepy. He is busy. He will be alright. You should go and sleep.”His usual smile was missing. His posture was stiff. Marco really looked tired.“Are you alright?” I asked him.“I am fine. It’s no biggie. Everything is going to be fine. Don’t stress over it.”I am glad, grateful even for him trying to assure even if I am nothing but a girl who






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