She was born into power… then turned into property.Once the cherished daughter of a feared mafia boss, Aria Moretti lost everything the night her father’s empire burned. Betrayed by one of his most trusted allies, she watched her family slaughtered and her life reduced to servitude under the man who ruined them. Years later, she survives as nothing more than a maid—a ghost in the mansion of her father’s killer.That is, until the night she spills champagne on Luciano De Luca, head of the most powerful mafia family in Italy.Guns rise, silence falls—and then, recognition. Luciano once served under Aria’s father, before betrayal and blood turned loyalty into hatred. He remembers the promise he made years ago: to take what the Moretti patriarch cherished most.When Salvatore Romano, the man who keeps Aria as his personal souvenir, refuses to release her, Luciano makes a move that shocks everyone. He doesn’t ask. He claims her.By name.By right.By marriage.Now bound to the man who vowed to destroy her bloodline, Aria finds herself trapped in a mansion colder than her old cage. But beneath Luciano’s cruelty lies something twisted—something that feels too much like longing. And in the war between revenge and redemption, she may become the one thing he never expected…His mercy."I thought we were not involved like that" Aria said with a calm voice. "If we weren't involved like that, why do you have a hickey on your neck. Don't worry, I'll be gentle, but that's not what you like is it?