Fierce Monarch

<p>I've been betrayed by a person I let inside my life in every possible way.  </p><p> </p><p>The pain is unbearable not just because of what he means-<em>meant</em>-to me but because now I've got a huge damn target on my back.</p><p>Almost as big as the hole in my heart.  </p><p><br></p><p>Every mafia leader in the city sees this betrayal as a sign of my weakness and they can't wait to use it to their advantage.  </p><p><br></p><p>My back is to a wall that is crumbling more every second and the men I need most are struggling just to stay alive.  </p><p><br></p><p>I'll have to align with the unthinkable to survive-as secrets I thought were buried deep start rising to the surface.   </p><p><br></p><p><strong>And it turns out the truth I thought I knew...might not be true at all. </strong></p>