Isabella:

I thought escaping Lorenzo Vitali would save me, but it plunged me straight into hell.

Now I’m chained in darkness, trapped by men who hunger for Lorenzo’s pain.

They think I'm weak, just a helpless woman carrying his child—but they have no idea the fire that burns within me.

I won’t beg. I won’t break. And I will fight with teeth and nails and blood until Lorenzo comes for me.

Because I know he’ll come.

I’ll be right there beside him as everything burns.

Lorenzo:

They made a fatal mistake the moment they touched what belongs to me.

Isabella tried to run, but she could never escape my grasp.

She is mine—her body, her soul, the child she carries. All mine to protect. Mine to destroy anyone who dares threaten them.

My enemies thought taking her would break me, but it only unleashed the monster I kept chained.

I don’t play by rules, and mercy is a word I erased from my vocabulary the day I first tasted her lips.

They will scream. They will bleed. And when Isabella is finally back in my arms, safe but trembling, I'll remind her exactly why she can never run again.

I’m not a hero—I’m her villain.

And I'll burn the whole fucking world down to keep her.