I'm the daughter of a foot soldier. The sister of a snitch.
Monsters have been part of my life for as long as I can remember, but the morning I woke in that cold, abandoned cabin with Dominic Benedetti looming over me, I knew I'd met the darkest of them all.

But when he saw that mark on me, everything changed.

I've never believed in fairy tale endings and happily-ever-after doesn't belong to people like us.

Some love thrives in the light. Dominic and I, we belong in the dark.

Dominic

I'm the last-born son of the Mafia King. The one with nothing to lose.

I walked away from my family. Turned my back on everything that should have been mine and became what I was meant to be.

A monster.

Until the day I stood over Gia in that decrepit cabin in the woods. Until I saw the mark they'd put on her.

It was then I understood something my father used to say. Keep your friends close, your enemies closer.

My enemies had overplayed their hand.

It was past time I returned to the family. Past time I collected the debts owed me. And long past time I punished those who betrayed me.