Every step I took to escape only dragged me deeper into Rafael’s world. Adriano lurked like a viper, forcing me into a game of betrayal I never wanted to play.
Lies wrapped tighter around me until I could barely breathe. I should have run, but Rafael’s touch burned too deep, his voice softened only for me, his eyes stripped me bare. Loving him was madness, a weakness, but without him the darkness threatened to swallow me whole.
I was becoming something else in his arms—stronger, sharper, but also… his. And once you belong to Rafael, there is no way back.
RAFAEL
She ran. She lied. She betrayed. And yet, I could not let her go. Alessia was my curse and my salvation, the flame that burned me alive and the only reason I still breathed. My enemies whispered that she was my weakness, that the girl with trembling hands would be the end of me.
They didn’t see what I saw—the fighter, the survivor, the woman who carried scars deeper than my own. She didn’t understand yet, but every time she defied me, every time she broke down and let me hold her, she wasn’t slipping away from me. She was binding herself to me, forever.
This is the second book in the Dark Oath series. Reading order:
Book One: Crave the Dark
Book Two: Fear the Dark
Book Three: Own the Dark
She was born in chains. He was born in blood.
When Alessia is dragged into the violent empire of Rafael Falcone, she expects death. Instead, she finds something far more dangerous: desire. Their connection is raw, forbidden, and addictive—two broken souls colliding in a world built on betrayal.
But love in the mafia is never gentle. It’s obsession. It’s war. It’s survival.
And once you’re bound to the Falcone, there’s no way out, only deeper into the darkness.