Claimed By The Man She Swore to Destroy: A Dark Contract Marriage, Enemies Lovers, Forbidden Mafia Romance

He thought silence would keep her safe. She thought his silence meant she was nothing.Vittoria Castellano hasn't spoken to Dante Marchetti in five years - not since he humiliated her in front of two hundred people and vanished into another woman's arms. She's spent every day since hating him for it.Now her family is out of options. The Kovalenko Bratva is closing in, and the only alliance strong enough to save the Castellanos is a marriage to the man who destroyed her.Vittoria signs the contract carrying a secret of her own - and a plan to use this marriage as a weapon.But living under Dante's roof unravels everything she thought she knew. A torn letter. A payment made to bury a story. A father-in-law whose cruelty runs colder than anything she imagined. Piece by piece, Vittoria realizes the night that ruined her life wasn't what it looked like - and neither is the man she married.Dante never stopped loving her. He just chose the version of losing her that kept her alive.When the past and the present collide in a war neither of them can walk away from, Dante will have to prove - publicly, completely, at a cost that terrifies him - that he's finally willing to choose her over everything his family ever taught him to protect instead.A deeply emotional standalone story of betrayal, danger, and hard-won trust - with a guaranteed HEA.