❝𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐞? ❞ ❝𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬,❞ she huffs, anger in her voice as I infiltrate her walls more than I already have. ❝𝐌𝐦,❞ my disapproving hum vibrates over her body, ❝𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞, 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜*𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐈'𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮?❞ ⭑ ⭑ 𝐀𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐕 has spent years practicing how to beat her brothers in the race for the Russian mafia head. With two in the way, a marriage betrothal to Liam Arland, and the coronation arriving swiftly, it soon appears clear that her gender unfairly tips the tides against her, only urging her to prove herself with loaded guns and sharpened knives. Until one night when a masked man begins to follow her, swooning her with topics she can't remember, thoughts that aren't hers to claim, and she's forced to confront the blankness of her past. 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐔 𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐒 is the head of the Spanish mafia, keeping his popularity and territory by remaining elusively in the shadows. That is until he sees the fragile girl who'd captured more than just his heart, and he can't help but reach into the darkness he once escaped to pull her out. Ten years later, with nothing but amnesia and shared memories, will their forced proximity mend the wounds of the mafia world, or will all they know be drowned in bloodshed? *An Entirely Yours