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at twenty, y/n bellucci has spent her entire life balancing compassion with survival. born into one of italy’s most powerful mafia families, she grew up surrounded by violence, loyalty, and impossible expectations. she knows how to fight, how to read a room, and how to keep herself alive—but she’s never let the brutality of her world define who she is. when her father announces she’s to marry dimitri volkov, the infamous head of a ruthless russian crime syndicate, she quickly learns that her future has become another bargaining chip in a deal worth millions. dimitri is feared across the underworld. cold, calculating, and utterly unforgiving, he’s built his empire on power alone. he never wanted a wife, and y/n never wanted to become one. but refusing the arrangement isn’t an option. bound together by a marriage neither of them chose, they’re forced to present a united front as old enemies circle, fragile alliances begin to crack, and buried secrets threaten to ignite a war between two of the world’s most dangerous criminal empires. the longer they remain at each other’s side, the harder it becomes to ignore the people hidden beneath the reputations. y/n is far stronger than dimitri expected, and dimitri is far more complicated than the monster the underworld made him out to be. in a world where trust is a weakness and love is a liability, they’ll have to decide whether they’re willing to remain prisoners of duty—or risk everything for a future neither of them believed they deserved.