She faints in a grocery store—but the mafia boss who catches her notices hidden bruises and uncovers a truth that changes everything

Marcus came into the recovery room with difficult news.

Federal agents had recovered messages from Silas’s phone. Someone inside Nikolai’s organization had provided the wedding date, the venue, the security rotations, and Allara’s daily patterns.

The burner phone traced back to Meera.

Allara refused to believe it until she saw the photograph from the continue reading …