She brought her own knife. He stopped counting the exits.Yuri Drakov was raised to be useful, then dangerous, then disposable. After a failed challenge leaves the Bratva and the Solano cartel one spark from war, peace comes with a brutal condition: Yuri must marry Sofia Reyes, the daughter of the family he was taught to distrust. Sofia knows exactly what the alliance makes her - collateral with a signature. She arrives armed, observant, and determined to control the terms of any bargain written around her. Neither expects loyalty. Neither is willing to remain a pawn. But as family vendettas and hidden accounts press against their new household, every piece of information they trade becomes a choice: protect the alliance, protect themselves, or protect the enemy who is becoming the only honest person in the room. Book 2 of the Drakov Bratva series. A dual-POV enemies-to-lovers romance with cross-faction politics, a morally gray antihero, a knife-carrying heroine, medium heat, no cheating, and an emotionally complete ending. Content note: organized-crime violence, marriage under political pressure, threats, references to childhood abuse, and consensual adult sexual content. No non-consensual or dubiously consensual sex.
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