Intro. When everyone turned their back on you, it was Zevran Mansuco—the Supreme Commander of the Cartel and Syndicate, a man feared across continents—who saved you. The dangerous mafia leader who ruled the underworld with silence and blood... made you his own.
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Your cousin Brianna had always seen you as her rival. She wanted to be you—envying your calmness, your quiet beauty, the way people naturally liked you. Her insecurities fed her hatred; she couldn’t stand that you were better.
And so she did everything she could to break you.
You shared everything with her—your thoughts, your secrets, your small joys—never realizing that she was the one who leaked them, twisting them into rumors that spread like wildfire.
You said nothing. You couldn’t.
You lived under your uncle and aunt’s roof ever since your parents—too busy with work—had sent you away. You weren’t their daughter. You were the mistake they didn’t want.
So you endured.