The night she should have been claimed by her husband… I took her instead. They call me Il Serpente. Matteo Romano’s Underboss. The man who makes problems disappear.
Isabella Romano was never meant to be mine. She’s my Don’s sister—untouchable, protected, forbidden. She loved me once. I broke her heart before it could destroy us both.
She was supposed to marry another man. But when her wedding turns into a bloodbath… I’m the one who takes her into hiding. Alone. Every glance feels like sin. Every touch drags me closer to betrayal.
Every time she says my name, I forget whose life I owe. She thinks I’m protecting her. The truth is— I’m claiming her… And I’ll destroy anyone—family included—who tries to take her from me.
Her wedding was meant to end a war… it began one instead.
