Silent Heart

<p><strong>ARIANA</strong></p><p>I was never meant to belong in his world.<br>One moment I was a daughter a sister a woman with choices.<br>The next-I was a possession.<br>He called it protection. I called it prison.<br>But somewhere between fear and fury my heart learned his language.<br><strong>Now every beat reminds me that even in a cage love can bleed</strong>.<br>And I don't know which is deadlier-his touch or the way I crave it.</p><p> </p><p><strong>ALESSANDRO</strong></p><p>She was supposed to be leverage.<br>A name on a list a means to an end.<br>I didn't plan on her silence cutting deeper than any bullet.<br>I didn't plan on her eyes unmaking everything I was.<br>The world I rule demands blood obedience control-<br>but she made me remember what it felt like to have a heart.<br><strong>And that mistake will cost us both.</strong></p><p> </p><p><em>This is the first book in the Blood Promise Series. Reading Order: </em><br><br><em>Silent Heart Cruel Vice Sinful Crave.</em></p>