CHAPTER 1 – SOLD TO THE DEVIL
The air in the warehouse reeked of oil, sweat, and something darker—desperation.
Alessia’s heels clicked softly against the cracked concrete as she was led through the shadows, her hands bound at the wrists with a silk rope that mocked the luxury it was meant to represent. A symbol. A leash. Her body trembled—not from cold, but from the weight of what tonight meant.
She was being delivered. Sold.
The man who held the end of her rope was faceless in the dark. One of her father's soldiers, no doubt. She didn’t ask his name. Didn't care. All she knew was that he was escorting her to her new owner.
The King.
Dante Moretti.
The most feared name in the underworld. Ruthless. Calculating. A man who didn’t need to raise his voice to make people beg. Rumor had it he’d killed a man with his bare hands at sixteen—and smiled while doing it.
And now… she belonged to him.
The heavy metal door creaked open ahead of her. Warm amber light spilled out, revealing an office dressed in decadence—mahogany wood, leather chairs, crystal tumblers half-full with dark liquor. It didn’t belong in a place like this.
Neither did the man sitting behind the desk.
Dante Moretti looked like sin incarnate.
He didn’t rise when they entered. He simply tilted his head, watching her like a predator watches its prey—patient, unreadable. Dark eyes under thick lashes, hair slicked back in a way that made his sharp jawline seem crueler than it already was. His suit was black, tailored to the kind of body Alessia had only seen in stolen moments of porn, curiosity, and late-night shame.
“Leave,” Dante said.
The command was low, cold.
The guard released the rope and vanished without a word. The door closed with a hollow clang, sealing her in.
Alessia stood in place. Heart pounding. Breasts rising and falling with every ragged breath.
Dante stood slowly, walking around the desk.
“I expected something more broken,” he said, circling her. “Your father promised me a virgin. Untouched. But you don’t look untouched, little dove. You look like you’re already aching to be ruined.”
His voice was a slow drip of honey and poison.
Alessia clenched her fists, trying to speak, but her voice betrayed her. The air around him was suffocating. He didn’t just walk—he prowled.
He stopped behind her. Close. So close she could feel his heat through her thin dress. She’d been forced to wear white—ironic, considering she was being given away like a bride… to a butcher.
Long fingers brushed her hip. Upward. Slowly, deliberately, until his hand pressed over her stomach, just beneath her breast. The other came around to grip her throat. Not tightly—just enough to feel the threat beneath his calm.
“You’re mine now,” he whispered against her ear. “Not just in name. In body. In obedience. In pleasure.”
Alessia shuddered. “I won’t beg you.”
Dante chuckled. The sound was deep, amused—and dangerous.
“You will.”
He turned her by the neck, forcing her to face him. One hand moved to her cheek, brushing back a strand of her dark hair.
“Do you know why I agreed to take you?”
Alessia shook her head, lips parting slightly.
“Because your father betrayed me. And I wanted his most precious possession.”
His hand slid down, over her chest. He didn’t grope—he tested her, like a man examining goods he now owned.
She flinched. He smiled.
“I could’ve taken your tongue the moment you talked back,” he said. “But I like fire. It makes breaking you so much more fun.”
Without warning, Dante pushed her backward. Her legs hit the edge of the desk and she gasped, stumbling onto it. In a single motion, he was between her thighs, parting them with his knee.
“You smell like fear,” he murmured, leaning in to inhale at the base of her throat. “But underneath that… you’re wet.”
Alessia’s cheeks flamed. “f**k you.”
His eyes lit up with something darker than amusement.
“Oh, you will.”
He gripped the neckline of her dress and tore it in one brutal motion. The fabric shredded, exposing her breasts to the cool air. Her n*****s tightened immediately, and she hated the way her body betrayed her, arching ever so slightly into the contact.
Dante bent down, taking one n****e into his mouth. Sucking. Biting. Making her whimper despite herself.
His hands slid beneath her thighs, lifting her onto the desk fully. She tried to push him away, but he caught her wrists and pinned them over her head with one hand. The other slid beneath the thin lace of her panties, fingers finding her slick heat.
“You’re soaking, bella,” he growled. “Tell me, is that because you’re scared… or because you want to be owned?”
She gasped as his fingers plunged inside her. One at first. Then two. Moving with slow, practiced cruelty.
Her hips bucked, trying to escape, trying to chase the pleasure. She hated him. She wanted more.
Dante kissed her hard—tongue pushing past her lips, devouring her moan. He pulled back only to whisper, “This p***y belongs to me now. And I don’t share.”
She didn’t even get a moment to breathe before he yanked her panties off and unzipped his trousers.
The sight of his c**k made her flinch. He was thick. Veined. Hard in a way that screamed dominance.
“You’ll take it,” he said. “All of it. Every inch. Every time I want you.”
And then he pushed in.
Alessia cried out—sharp, half-pain, half something she didn’t want to name. He didn’t wait. He didn’t ask. He f****d her with ruthless purpose, each thrust driving her backward on the desk.
Her back arched. Her nails scratched at the wood. His hand wrapped around her throat again—not choking, just holding. Claiming.
“Say it,” he demanded. “Say you’re mine.”
She shook her head, eyes rolling back from the pressure, the pleasure.
He hit a spot inside her that made her legs shake. “Say it.”
“I—f**k—I hate you,” she sobbed.
He smiled.
“Good. Hate makes it sweeter.”
He slammed into her harder, the wet slap of skin on skin echoing through the room. Her climax built fast, too fast, her body no longer hers. She tried to hold back the moan. Tried to bite her lip.
But she came with a scream, walls clenching tight around him.
Dante groaned, hips stuttering. He didn’t pull out. He came inside her, filling her with a heat that made her thighs quake.
They stayed like that for a breathless moment. Her legs wrapped around his waist. His c**k still buried deep. Her body used. Marked. Owned.
Finally, he pulled back, tucking himself in, watching the mixture of his c*m and hers drip from between her thighs.
“You look better ruined,” he said.
Then he grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him.
“This is just the beginning. Tomorrow, I’ll take you again. In my bed. In chains. In front of my men, if I feel like it. And each time, you’ll scream just like that.”
Her lips trembled. Her heart thundered. Her thighs still twitched from the aftershock.
But in her eyes… he saw something else.
Not defeat.
Not surrender.
Challenge.
And that made his c**k twitch all over again.