❖ You can’t cage what refuses to be tamed. ❖

I lost my voice the night my world burned.
Since then, silence has been my refuge, my armor. A quiet prisoner in a life not my own, I’ve learned that words mean nothing in a world ruled by power and blood.
But now, I’m being forced into the arms of a man more feared than the devil himself.

Lucian Moretti.
The cold and ruthless king of Milan’s underworld.
To him, I am nothing more than a pawn, a silent bride to seal a fragile truce.
A woman forced to make a deal with a devil in the hopes of surviving a world that seeks to destroy me.
But he underestimates me.

Because I may not speak, but I see everything.
And what I see in him is more than just a monster.
There is a man beneath the brutality, a storm beneath his icy control.
A past that haunts him just as mine does me.
We are bound by more than just this vow.

And when the ghosts of our past come for revenge, I will have to decide if I am willing to risk everything—including my heart—for the man who might just be my salvation.
Even if it means learning to scream again.

He thinks he owns me.
But I was never meant to be caged.
I am his silent rebellion.
And when I finally break free, the whole world will hear me roar.