Deal with a Tyrant

Forced Proximity Grumpy&Sunshine Dark Mafia Romance

❖ I was never supposed to belong to a man like him. Now, I have no choice. ❖

I’ve spent my life in a cage without knowing it—protected, sheltered, blind to the monsters lurking in the dark.
Then one night, everything shatters.

Now, I’m a pawn in a war I don’t understand, trapped under the watch of a man who doesn’t know the meaning of mercy.
Nico Antolleni.

He is cold, cruel, and carved from violence. He calls it protection, but I know the truth—he doesn’t keep things safe. He keeps them caged.

I should be terrified of him.
I should hate him.
But the longer I stand in his shadow, the more I see the man beneath the tyrant.
The fractured pieces he hides behind steel and blood.

I was raised to believe that monsters should be feared.
But no one ever warned me they could also be worshipped.