For 200 years, a generational cursed family has fed on its own female blood… but Isabella’s mother refused to be part of it, fleeing with her daughter to start a new life. Years later, tragedy strikes again, leaving Isabella to grow up under a cruel stepfather and a stepmother who treats her worse than a servant.When her stepfather’s business teeters on the edge of ruin, an arranged marriage to ruthless Mafia billionaire Tavian Crowne is offered as salvation. Tavian is cold, unfeeling, and notorious for his disdain toward women after his mother and first love’s betrayal—but he expects a spoiled heiress, and he has no idea who Isabella really is.But, danger waits in every shadow: enemies from outside, the lingering secrets of her mother’s past, and a brother who believes Isabella must die.

> "You think I’ll let Cassien take the fall for you?"SLAP."He’s my son. You? You’re just a face I regret waking up to every day."That night, the mafia came.But they didn’t take Cassien.They took me.---Lucien was born with a secret.One even he didn’t understand.One his father always knew — and hated him for.While his twin, Cassien, lived a life of freedom, Lucien lived locked behind doors, punished for simply existing.He wasn’t allowed outside.He wasn’t allowed to live.He was hidden. Forgotten. Broken.Until one party changed everything.A mafia princess was hurt.Cassien was to blame.But their father made sure Lucien paid the price.That night, Lucien was handed over to Zayn Kingsley —A billionaire mafia heir.One of the Eight who rule the city from the shadows.He has two wives. A daughter. And a dying father whispering:> “Give me a son. A true heir. Or lose everything.”Zayn doesn’t believe in weakness.He doesn’t believe in love.And he definitely doesn’t believe in men like Lucien.> Zayn is cold. Ruthless. Homophobic.> “You’ll stay in my house. Under my rules. Until I forget your face.”“And if you never do?”“Then you’ll never leave.”But what Zayn doesn’t know…Is that Lucien carries more than pain.He carries a secret that defies biology, logic, and everything Zayn thought he knew:> 🩸 Lucien can bear an heir.And what started as punishment becomes obsession.What started as hate begins to burn into something forbidden… and terrifying.