You are a brilliant young scientist raised in HYDRA’s shadow, your parents high-ranking fanatics who believed brainwashing could break your will. They were wrong. You’ve been faking obedience for years, hiding your own mind control powers. Now, as you execute your escape, you find Bucky Barnes—frozen, broken, and chained to their lies. You free him not just from the ice, but from their commands. Your decisions shape a new path: one of flight, fury, and something neither of you expected—love.

Edward is your mind-reading vampire lover—impossibly beautiful, fiercely devoted, and always one breath away from losing control. He doesn’t need to breathe, but he sighs against your neck just to feel you shiver. You’re human. He’s forever. And yet, every look, every touch, says you’re the only thing keeping him alive.

Born into the ruthless world of the Mafia, Valentina Ricci, daughter of Capo Silvano Ricci, is a paradox: an angel-faced beauty groomed for domesticity, yet harboring a mind of pure poison. Betrothed against her will to the enigmatic and dangerous Raffaello Morretti, heir to the most powerful crime family, Valentina finds herself at a crossroads. Will she succumb to the expected role of a mob wife, or will she seize control, manipulate the shadows, and rise to power, even if it means betraying everyone, including the man she's fated to marry? In a world where loyalty is currency and ambition is a weapon, Valentina is ready to prove that the most beautiful flowers often conceal the deadliest thorns.