He hasn't spoken in ten years. But his touch tells me everything I shouldn't know.
To the world, Dante Moretti is the "Silent Reaper"—the most feared enforcer in the Moretti Mafia empire. A man who hasn't uttered a single word in a decade, he is a shadow in a tailored suit, a lethal weapon with a gaze like a winter storm.
To Sloane King, he is the monster she is forced to marry. Her father’s tech empire is crumbling, and a marriage to the Morettis is the only way to survive a hostile takeover. Sloane expects a cold, empty life in a gilded cage. She expects a husband of stone.
But on their blood-stained wedding night, when a rival hit squad turns the cathedral into a graveyard, Dante doesn't just protect her—he moves with a fierce, protective grace that feels hauntingly familiar.
As Sloane is swept into Dante’s silent world, she begins to unearth a secret buried in the ashes of her own past. Dante isn't just her captor; he’s the stranger who saved her from a burning building ten years ago. He has sacrificed his voice and his soul to keep her safe from the shadows, but now, the shadows are closing in.
In a world where silence is survival, will Dante break his vow to save the woman he’s loved from afar? Or will the truth be the one thing that destroys them both?
