Mia never chose the altar,  it chose her. Mia was married off to Dax Leone—the feared Don of the Italian Mafia, she entered a world ruled by blood, loyalty, and secrets.  She is told the marriage is business, a merger, a necessary sacrifice to save her father’s empire but nothing about the marriage was accidental. Behind locked doors and watchful guards, Mia discovers the truth: their marriage was planned long before their vows were spoken, a  contract binds her to him with clauses she never agreed to, rules about obedience, death, a child she must bear  and a future written without her consent. Dax Leone is cold, ruthless, and dangerous, he is a man who doesn’t ask, he takes, yet beneath his control lies something far more unsettling —  obsession. As enemies close in and betrayal surfaces, Mia must decide whether she is merely a pawn in his war or the only thing he’s willing to burn the world to protect. In a marriage forged by obligation and sharpened by power, hatred is easy but desire is the most dangerous contract of all.