She was never meant to be collateral.Aria Moretti is taken in the middle of the night by the one man her father fears most Nico Valente, the ruthless boss of a rival mafia empire. Her kidnapping is meant to end a war, to force her father to kneel.Nico has one rule: prisoners don’t matter.Until Aria refuses to beg.Cold, controlled, and dangerously obsessed, Nico keeps her close not for mercy, but for revenge. Yet as blood spills and secrets surface, Aria realizes the man holding her captive may be the only one willing to protect her.In a world ruled by guns and loyalty, survival demands a choice:escape the devil… or become his.