She was promised to the king of the underworld. But at the altar, the crown was passed to his son. Elsa Moretti never asked for power, but being born into the mafia meant her fate was sealed. Her engagement to Victor De Luca;cruel, controlling, and decades older was a sentence, not a celebration. But just when she thought she understood the rules of the game, everything shifted. Now she belongs to Alex De Luca,his heir. His shadow. His weapon. Cold-blooded, unreadable, and sinfully magnetic, Alex doesn’t want a bride. He wants a soldier. A silent, obedient wife who knows her place. But Elsa was raised among wolves, and she’s never bowed to anyone. Not even the man she’s forced to share a bed with. Their marriage is a battlefield. Their hatred is electric. And their chemistry? It’s a loaded gun with no safety. As desire tangles with danger, and secrets begin to unravel, Elsa must survive a world where love is a weakness… and the only man who might save her is the one who was never supposed to want her. He wasn’t meant to touch her. But now that he has,he won’t let go. Even if it means burning the empire to the ground.