The Bonventi War

I came back to Chicago to save my mother’s legacy—not to surrender my soul to a devil.

Gio Bonventi doesn’t ask. He takes.

And the moment he steps into my gallery, I know I’m in trouble.

My father is missing. My brother is dead. And the Russians are coming to collect a debt that was never mine.

Now, Gio says I need his protection. That I belong to him.

He moves in next door. Installs cameras in my apartment. Gives me rules to follow.

And when I break them?

He makes me pay.

I should hate him. But I can’t stop craving the way he controls me, and...

I came back to Chicago to save my mother’s legacy—not to surrender my soul to a devil.

Gio Bonventi doesn’t ask. He takes.

And the moment he steps into my gallery, I know I’m in trouble.

My father is missing. My brother is dead. And the Russians are coming to collect a debt that was never mine.

Now, Gio says I need his protection. That I belong to him.

He moves in next door. Installs cameras in my apartment. Gives me rules to follow.

And when I break them?

He makes me pay.

I should hate him. But I can’t stop craving the way he controls me, and when the real monsters come, when my own father sells me to save himself—Gio is the one who stands between me and the darkness.

Suddenly, being owned by the devil doesn’t feel like such a bad thing.

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