He is Diego, the mafia godfather who pulled her from blood and fire. She is Isabella, the girl he raised as his own—the one who calls him Uncle, and his only weakness.
He taught her everything, except how not to fall for the man she was taught to call Uncle. From the rejected confession at her coming-of-age, to the cruel betrayal he himself designed—her heart broke each time, shattered always by the hands of the man who was her guardian, her family, her Diego.
When she finally gave up and tried to leave, he chased her down in panic. At the airport, in a crushing embrace, all his carefully built walls fell.
And when she carried a secret that could not be named, the trap was already set—drugging, kidnapping, false accusations… A love that began under the name of protection dragged them both into darkness. He thought cruelty was love. She thought escape was freedom.
Until a bullet tore through him—and every lie told from behind the title of “Uncle” dissolved into blood.
