.⚠️ Disclaimer & Trigger Warning ⚠️

This story contains mature themes including dark romance, emotional manipulation, violence, trauma, possessive behavior, and power imbalance. Reader discretion is strongly advised.

It is not a guide to healthy relationships.

It is a fictional tale of obsession, brokenness, and twisted desire.

If you're sensitive to intense emotional scenes or morally grey characters, please proceed with care.

18+ ONLY - Read at your own risk.

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"My debt... is paid," her stepmother whispered, voice lined with venom and victory.

Elira didn't understand - not at first.

Until the door opened.

And he walked in.

Don Falcone.

Seventy years of power, cruelty, and whispered names that made even grown men tremble.

His eyes dragged over her like a butcher choosing meat.

"She's yours now," Luciana said with a smile.

Like she was handing off trash.

Like Elira was nothing.

She didn't scream. She couldn't.

That night, she ran.

Through cold streets and darker alleyways.

Blood smeared her soles. Her breath tore her lungs. Her hands trembled like glass.

And then-him.

Alessio Romano.

The Devil.

The Mafia King.

The man who ruled Il Regno dell'Ombra - The Kingdom of Shadows.

And the last person in the world who should have looked at her like she was anything but broken.

But he did.

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"I'm not pure," she choked, clinging to his shirt as the panic stormed through her chest.

Her sobs were ugly. Desperate. Raw.

"I'm used to... I'm broken... dirty..."

He didn't blink.

Didn't move.

Until he grabbed her face and whispered-

"Good."

A pause. A breath.

"Then you're perfect for me."

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This isn't a love story.

It's ruin wrapped in silk.

It's chains disguised as kisses.

It's a girl sold like property... and the monster who claimed her as his own.

She was the fire he never saw coming.

He was the darkness she was never meant to survive.

And together?

They'll burn the world down.

Possession.

Obsession.

Madness.

And it had only just begun.

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