When Lust Betrays

I BUILT THE EMPIRE. SHE'S THE ONLY THING I CAN'T CONTROL.

My name is Damien Vetrov. I don't ask. I take. I run this city because I know how to make fear work for me. Control is the rule; mercy is the weakness I don't have.

Contain the lawyer, contain the problem. That was the plan. Zoey Hill was supposed to be just another calculated move-a sharp mind to keep on a short leash. She's quick enough to cut a man down with one question, stubborn enough to look me in the eye while she does it. Keeping her close is strategy, not mercy.

The war isn't just bullets and bodies anymore. Enemies are learning new tricks-the kind that are written in contracts, numbers, and leverage. I'll burn a city to the ground if that's what it takes, but the board is shifting under my feet.

She wants a seat at my table. I want her obedience. The cage I built for Zoey doesn't hold like it should, and I'm not the kind of man who shares his crown. One of us bends. Neither of us breaks.

Book 2 of 3 in The Anatomy of Obsession Series - a dark, obsessive mafia romance where power escalates, trust fragments, and desire hits like a loaded gun.