Dangerous Silence

My father’s dying wish was for me to marry a monster. Axe Adler. A brutal killer. An emotionless mafia enforcer. A man who chooses silence over the sounds of life.

When I look at him, I don’t see my future husband. I see a criminal. A murderer. A man with no soul. With a callousness I’ve never known, he exposes my reality. It should be frightening. Instead, the truth is alluring. Everything changes.

So what happens when you finally realize that everything you believed in, is a lie? When the man who shows you the truth is an irresistible killer? Suddenly, I...

My father’s dying wish was for me to marry a monster. Axe Adler. A brutal killer. An emotionless mafia enforcer. A man who chooses silence over the sounds of life.

When I look at him, I don’t see my future husband. I see a criminal. A murderer. A man with no soul. With a callousness I’ve never known, he exposes my reality. It should be frightening. Instead, the truth is alluring. Everything changes.

So what happens when you finally realize that everything you believed in, is a lie? When the man who shows you the truth is an irresistible killer? Suddenly, I can’t tell right from wrong, pain from pleasure, hatred from desire.

His dark gaze leaves no doubt: Axe would rather kill me than love me. But he’ll never let me out of his cage.

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