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

everything built to destroy it.

Outside, Boston glittered in the dark. Inside, Nikolai bent his head and kissed their daughter’s forehead, then Allara’s hand.

“I love you,” he said.

Allara smiled.

“I know,” she whispered. “I love you too.”

And in that quiet room, with the city breathing outside and their daughter sleeping between them, the woman who had continue reading …