♱ ── THE CONTRACT ── ♱

Morena Moretti thought she had finally escaped the suffocating grip of her family’s name.

A year and a half ago, she left the Moretti estate and carved out a life for herself in the quiet suburbs of Monza, far from the guarded halls, watchful eyes, and bloodstained power of her father’s world. Life became smaller there, but in the best way. Softer. Simpler. She painted in her sunlit studio, wandered cobblestone streets for inspiration, collected little trinkets no one else would notice, and learned what peace felt like when it did not come with armed men standing outside the door.

Then she fell in love.

Now, Morena is married and five months pregnant, living a life completely unknown to her overprotective father, Siro Moretti—the same man who never missed a chance to remind her she was his little princess. To Siro, Morena has always been the one pure thing in his violent empire, the daughter meant to be protected from every ugly truth. But Morena is not a little girl anymore. She has built a home, chosen a spouse, and started a family without asking for permission from the man who raised her like something too precious to touch and too fragile to trust.

But everything comes crashing down when Siro announces an unplanned visit.

With only minutes to prepare, Morena is forced to face the impossible question: how do you explain to a ruthless mafia Don that not only did his beloved daughter marry in secret, but she is already carrying a child? Her peaceful life, her marriage, her unborn baby, and the freedom she fought so hard to claim are all about to collide with the Moretti chaos she thought she had outrun.

⛧ ━━━ BLOOD SIGNED ━━━ ⛧