Power and Presents

DOVE
I’ve always been powerless. It was a lesson I learned early on and have been forced to adapt to my lot in life. There was no other way.
Until he breezed into my life with a fire in his eyes and retribution screaming from his soul. He would have put it right for any woman, especially considering I was working at his family’s brothel. When our eyes locked and he looked over my bruised body, he could see my broken soul when no one else had bothered to look.
From that moment he took on my demons, both past and present, and showed me the power in being at his side while showering me with riches unknown for a woman like me. When the ribbons and tattered paper of my life fall around us, they mix with the blood of those who did me wrong, including his brother. Angelo Amate stole my heart with one look, and I swore my loyalty and my love to him. They are the only presents I have to give.

ANGELO
I’ve always been powerful. I was bred and taught my entire life to wield my power with ruthless precision for my family. There was no other way.
Until she caught my eye, a broken doll who desperately needed protection. Second Circle should have been a place where she was safe, where my family’s name protected her, where she had the power to choose her path. But it was my own blood who pulled her into the depths of hell and rained violence upon her already fragile soul.
From that moment I vowed to be her shield and her sword because one look was all it took for her to become mine, my entire world. I’ll avenge her battered body and put her shattered soul back together while ensuring the life I breathe into her will never be without power or prestige. Her love is the only thing I ask for in return, but it’s of no consequence if she doesn’t give it willingly since she’ll look so pretty in a gilded cage. I own every inch of Dove, just as she rules me.

**18+. This story has dark themes and a morally gray mafia hero. You’ll still find an insta-love story that is spicy and isn’t necessarily simple, but with darker themes, situations, spicy times and depictions of violence (not between the MMC and MFC). No cheating with a guaranteed HEA. Angelo Amato has been mentioned in Room One Hundred and Seven: Catch and Claim and appears in the Bratva Souls Duet.**

Part of the 25 Days of Christmas Bikers & Mobsters series.