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At fifteen, Y/n lost everything. Her parents were killed in a car crash, leaving her alone in a world she barely understood. With nowhere else to go, she was taken in by the Falcone family—a powerful Italian-American family whose wealth, influence, and immaculate reputation hid a much darker truth. They were mafia. For three years, Y/n grew up surrounded by people who were feared by everyone outside their walls. The Falcone’s protected her, spoiled her, and slowly became the family she thought she’d lost forever. Now eighteen, Y/n is still the innocent one. She doesn’t participate in the family’s business. She doesn’t carry weapons, make deals, or ask questions about the blood on the hands of the people who raised her. Her world consists of college, books, late-night conversations, and her two closest friends—Viola Thorn and Serafina Voss, girls who understand her better than anyone because their own families are deeply involved in the same dangerous world. Then she meets Lorenzo Vescari. Lorenzo is a name people in their world know. At twenty-four, he’s already one of the most feared and respected men in the Italian underworld. He’s quiet, brutally controlled, and almost impossible to read. He doesn’t flirt. He doesn’t date. He doesn’t entertain distractions. Relationships are weaknesses, and Lorenzo has spent his entire life making sure nobody ever gets close enough to become one. Until Y/n. The moment he sees her, something in him shifts. For the first time in his life, Lorenzo can’t look away. Her innocence fascinates him. Her warmth unsettles him. And the fact that she has absolutely no idea how dangerous he really is makes his fixation even worse. What begins as curiosity becomes an obsession. Lorenzo starts appearing wherever she is. He remembers every little detail about her. He notices who talks to her, who touches her, who makes her laugh. He doesn’t understand why the girl everyone else sees as fragile has become the only person capable of breaking th