The Devil claimed her She sold herself to save her brother. She never expected to fall for the monster who bought her. Elena Rossi has spent her whole life sacrificing for the people she loves, juggling three jobs, a law degree, and the fierce, unshakable devotion to the little brother who's all the family she has left. When his desperate mistake lands them both in the crosshairs of the city's most ruthless loan sharks, there's only one way out: marry Lucian De Luca, the man the underworld calls the Devil King. Cold. Untouchable. Feared by everyone who's ever crossed him. Lucian doesn't do mercy, and he doesn't love; his empire was built on the ashes of both. But Elena isn't the trembling bride he expected. She's sharp-tongued, clever enough to outmaneuver his own lawyers, and the first person in years brave enough to look him in the eye without flinching. One year, one contract, one marriage in name only. That was the deal. Neither of them planned on this: the stolen glances, the possessive edge creeping into his voice, the terrifying comfort of being the one thing he can't stop protecting. Every guarded wall Lucian's spent a lifetime building starts to crack the moment Elena walks through his door, and every promise Elena made to guard her heart shatters a little more with every quiet act of devotion he refuses to admit is love. But danger doesn't wait for hearts to catch up. An assassin's bullet was never meant for Lucian; it was meant for her. And buried in the De Luca family's forbidden archives is a truth neither of them saw coming: Elena's parents didn't die by accident. They died because of a secret this family has been burying for twenty years, one that ties her bloodline to his empire long before she ever wore his ring. Forced marriage. Enemies who can't stop wanting each other. A possessive mafia king unraveling for the one woman who refuses to fear him. And a conspiracy twenty years in the making that will force Elena to choose between the truth and the man she's falling in love with. In a world ruled by blood and power, love might be the most dangerous game of all.