They’ll protect me… if they don’t break me first.

I refuse to be a disposable pawn in my father’s underworld dealings. If that means heading out in the middle of the night to get as far away as I can from my mafia family, so be it. I have everything planned, and it’s all going perfectly… right up until the point where they catch me.

Angelo. Scary, domineering, the bruiser. If he wants me, he’s not going to stop until he gets me — any way he has to. Saint tries to be the “nice guy,” but he’s got a filthy little habit of touching me when I’m sleeping, when I’m helpless. And Victor? He’s the most terrifying one of all, the brains behind the brawn, with a cold composure I’m desperate to crack. If I can get to him, the others will fall in line — but what if he gets to me first?

They promise to protect me as long as I do what I’m told, but just how far will I have to go — and how much of me will splinter in the process?

Am I their partner… or their pet?

Victor promised me that I’d be one of the team. That I’ll stand at his side, helping him mastermind my father’s demise. I’ll direct Saint to finding our enemies, and I’ll tell Angelo when to pull the trigger.

So why does it feel like they’re humoring me? Why is every single victory only followed by another humiliation? I need to prove to them that I’m important to their operation. I need to prove that I’m not expendable.

I need them to need me, or else I might end up shattered in pieces so small, there’s no way to put me back together.

Can I trust them not to shatter me all over again?

I left Angelo, Saint, and Victor, only to land squarely in the hands of Emilio Pavone, a man who makes the three of them look like playful puppies.

As much as I want to never see them again, I’ll need their help if I want to avoid the wedding and free myself and my family. The only problem is I don’t know if I can trust them. Angelo still manhandles me, Saint has made it clear he wants me unconscious–and Victor is playing with all of our lives.

The wedding is fast approaching, and I need to make the most important decision of my life:

Pavone and his open cruelty, or the three men who nearly destroyed me.