đ€ Dedication
To the ones who loved too deeplyâŠ
and had to let go anyway.
To the ones who stayed strong on the outsideâŠ
while breaking in silence.
And to the kind of love that was never meant to existâ
yet found a way to ruin, heal, and claim everything.
đ„ Prologue
The first rule in Vincenzo Moretti's world was simple:
Never get attached.
Attachment was weakness.
And weaknessâ
was something people like him couldn't afford.
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He had built his life on control.
Every move calculated.
Every decision precise.
Every emotion buried so deep it no longer existed.
Or at leastâ
that's what he told himself.
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Because men like him didn't fall in love.
They didn't hesitate.
They didn't look back.
And they definitely didn't risk everything for someone who didn't belong in their world.
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But thenâ
he met him.
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Ethan Carter.
A man who didn't belong in darkness.
A man who didn't flinch at blood,
didn't bow to power,
and didn't look awayâ
even when he should have.
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That was the first mistake.
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The secondâ
was staying.
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And the thirdâŠ
was thinking he could leave
without it destroying him.
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Because love, in Vincenzo's world,
wasn't soft.
It wasn't gentle.
It wasn't something that faded quietly.
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It was brutal.
Possessive.
Unforgiving.
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And once it touched youâ
it never really let go.
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He was never meant to have himâŠ
but he chose him anywayâ
and that was his biggest mistake.