My brother just promised me to the enemy. To stop a war between the Dante family and the Bratva, I’m being forced to marry a ruthless Russian pakhan. Cold. Ruthless. A man whose wives rarely survive.
Everyone expects me to obey. But if I’m going to be sacrificed… I refuse to walk down that aisle untouched. So I make one reckless decision. I seduce the one man I can never have. Cristian Bonetti.
My bodyguard. My brother’s most loyal soldier. The man sworn to protect me — not ruin me. One forbidden night becomes stolen meetings. Stolen kisses. And then I miss my cycle.
Now I’m pregnant with my protector’s baby. When our secret is discovered, Cristian is exiled and the wedding moves forward. But Cristian Bonetti isn’t the kind of man who walks away from what’s his.
And on the day I walk down the aisle toward a monster… The church doors explode open. Gunshots echo. My groom falls dead. And the man I love is shot through the heart by my own brother.
