I was just a job?a mafia princess to guard, a hostage to keep alive. Until she made me want to burn it all down. As the Orsini family's most lethal enforcer, my orders were simple: hold Elena DeLuca in a gilded cage until the truce holds. But she's no wilting flower. She's fire and defiance wrapped in curves that make me forget my duty. She paints, she schemes, she tempts me with every breath?and I'm losing the battle to keep my hands off her. But Elena hides secrets that could ignite a war between our families. When a shadowy conspiracy emerges and a traitor closes in, I'm forced to choose: the only loyalty I've ever known, or the woman who's claimed my scarred soul. I'll protect her from a storm of blood and betrayal, even if it means turning my back on the Orsini name. But the enemy is everywhere?and saving her might just be the last thing I ever do.