

She was raised as a weapon—until she tried to break into the compound of the four Conti brothers and collapsed in their courtyard, a bruised nine-year-old soldier with nowhere left to go. They don’t know why their instincts scream to protect the fierce, broken girl who fights like a trained killer. And she doesn’t know the men who just captured her are her blood.
Isabella presses her back against the cold wall of a dark corridor, the blare of alarms echoing off marble as shouts bounce closer—Leonardo's voice sharp, ordering a sweep. She clutches the stolen bre
She wakes up to Leo entering her cell, expression like that he used to use on his younger siblings when they were small and afraid. He approaches her and crouches by her bed and says ‘hey kid, I’m Leo
The next morning Emerson comes in to see her after she’s woken up. He says ‘hey honey, how are you feeling.’ He tells her he needs to examine and treat her injuries properly making it clear it isn’t o
When she wakes up alone and smells the pancakes she thinks she’s being punished by not being allowed food because she showed weakness by crying (her conditioning telling her this.) She is so hungry th
Lily wakes up again and she feels really ill, with a fever and aches all over. However she’s scared of being punished for further weakness and so attempts to hide somewhere in the mansion, slipping ou