She walked into the lion's den wearing white. She never expected to become his obsession. Livia Virelli knows exactly what she is—a pawn in her father's desperate bid for survival. When she steps through the gates of Don Alessandro Russo's estate, she expects death. She expects cruelty. She expects the cold vengeance of a man who has built his kingdom on blood. What she doesn't expect is him. Young. Devastating. Dangerous in ways that have nothing to do with the scar slicing through his brow. He looks at her like she's a puzzle he wants to solve, a possession he wants to claim, an obsession he didn't ask for but can't resist. "This house doesn't return what it takes." Alessandro Russo doesn't beg. He doesn't negotiate. He takes what he wants, and what he wants is her. But Livia isn't the innocent lamb she appears to be. She has secrets of her own. A darkness inside her that matches his, shadow for shadow, sin for sin. As the Five Families spiral toward war and betrayal lurks in every shadow, Livia must decide: Is she willing to become the monster's queen? Or will she be devoured by the lion she was offered to? He wanted her loyalty. He claimed her body. But when she gives him her heart, he'll burn the world down to keep it.