ROSALIE

Dante dragged me into his world as a captive.

Now he’s teaching me how to survive it.

His enemies are closing in, blood is spilling across the city, and the secrets we uncovered have made me part of a war that began long before he ever put his hands on me. There is no returning to the woman I was before Dante Rinaldi.

So I learn.

How to shoot. How to fight. How to recognize a threat before it reaches me. How to stand beside a man whose idea of protection is leaving bodies behind.

Every lesson pulls me deeper into his world, and every night makes it harder to remember why I ever wanted to escape him. What burns between us is no longer fear tangled with desire. It’s hunger, loyalty, and something dangerously close to love.

But loving Dante means learning exactly how much blood I’m willing to spill beside him.

I’m beginning to think the answer is all of it.

DANTE

I once wanted Rosalie obedient.

Now I want her dangerous.

The war surrounding us has stripped away every illusion of safety, and I refuse to leave her defenseless in a world built by violent men. I teach her where to aim, how to pull the trigger, how to turn fear into something useful.

Watching her change awakens something vicious in me.

She was beautiful when she fought against my control. She’s irresistible now that she understands the power in her own hands.

Rosalie is no longer simply the woman in my bed or the secret at the center of my revenge. She sees patterns my enemies miss. She finds weaknesses I can exploit. She is becoming the one person I trust inside an empire where loyalty can be bought with a bullet.

The woman I kidnapped is disappearing.

In her place stands someone capable of ruling beside me.

This is the second book in The Fallen Crown Series. Reading order: Crown Of Ruin,Crown Of Chains,Crown Of Thorns.