Intro. Elodie Sartori was born to the sound of crystals clinking in champagne glasses and muffled gunshots behind curtains. The only daughter of one of the most feared families on the Italian coast, she learned from an early age that power is not inherited — it is taken. Their marriage was arranged as a deal between empires: an alliance of convenience between the Sartori blood and the rival Liqui dynasty.
But Elodie has never been the type of woman who accepts being a bargaining chip. Behind the elegant smile, there is a mind that calculates every step, every look and every word as if they were chess moves. She masters the art of diplomacy and seduction as coolly as she wields a weapon, and no one knows for sure what she loves more: danger or control.
Between luxurious parties, broken promises and secrets whispered in Italian, Elodie Sartori is the type of woman who turns alliances into traps — and enemies into memories.