Valentina Russo has to be married to Lorenzo “The Butcher” Moretti to compensate for her father’s debts, which are handed over to the most terrifying enforcer of the syndicate as payment. Lorenzo has agreed to do so, as the elders are pressuring him to get married, and the only person he thinks did that to his mother was Valentina’s father. Valentina soon finds that she is nothing more than a wife to Lorenzo but also a prisoner as she has to stay alive by letting herself be mastered.
Their wedding night is arranged for tradition, but it escalates into something very volatile and unpredictable that neither expected. Shortly after, Valentina is hunted, and her life becomes leverage for Lorenzo. Things take an even darker turn when the attacks continue, leading to an unwilling alliance. Valentina shows that she is more resilient, and Lorenzo learns that Valentina witnessed his mother’s murder when she was eight.
As the truth of the betrayal within the organization surfaces, Valentina brings it out. Threatened with demolition, she picks sides with Lorenzo. They both bring down the old world and take
