His To Protect: 2

She was supposed to be nothing more than a political alliance.A bargaining chip.A promise made between powerful families.Falling in love was never part of the arrangement.Valentina Santoro has spent her entire life believing love is something earned through obedience, sacrifice, and silence. When she's forced into a marriage with Nico Barone, she expects another cage...just one with more expensive walls.Nico built his reputation on loyalty, control, and ruthless violence. Protecting his new wife begins as a duty to his family, nothing more. But the longer she stands beside him, the more impossible it becomes to remember where obligation ends and something far more dangerous begins.As old betrayals surface and enemies close in from every side, the fragile peace between Chicago's Five Families begins to fracture. In a world where power is bought with blood and trust is a luxury few survive, Nico and Val must decide if they're willing to risk everything for a love neither of them ever expected.Because some vows are written in ink.The most dangerous ones are written in blood. His To Protect is a standalone HEA in the Empire Of Sin Series. This book can be read as a standalone or enjoyed with the other books in the series.