Chapter 1: Waking Up Owned I woke up naked, tied to a king-sized bed in a room that smelled like expensive leather and danger. My wrists were bound above my head with black silk rope — not tight enough to cut off circulation, but secure enough that I couldn’t slip free. My ankles were free, but that didn’t matter when the door opened and he walked in. Dante Moretti. The Don. The man my father had warned me about my entire life. The man whose name was spoken like a curse in our house. He filled the doorway in a black dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up, revealing thick forearms covered in tattoos. Tall, broad, late thirties, dark hair, and cold black eyes that looked at me like I was already his. “You’re awake,” he said, voice low and rough. No greeting. No explanation. Just fact. I yanked at the ropes. “Let me go, you fucking psychopath.” He didn’t even blink. He walked to the side of the bed, looked down at my naked body like he was appraising property, then reached out an
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