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I was a nanny in need of a job. He was darkness personified. I had little to call my own. He was filthy rich, powerful, and dangerous. The assignment was simple, and my goal was too. Take care of his son. Keep my head down. When he least expects it, destroy him. It should have been easy. I thought it would be, until I looked into his stark blue eyes. I came here to steal his life. I didn’t count on him stealing my heart.

Your first kiss is supposed to be sweet. Ours was baptized in fire. I was the new girl trying to find her place. Landon was the brooding neighbor I tutored over the summer. I didn’t know he was a legend at Black Mountain Academy. I didn’t know they worshipped him like a religion. But, I fell for him before I knew those things. To me, he was just the tortured soul who drew me in like a magnet. And then, he did something so unspeakable, so unforgivable, it shattered me. I ran away then because I was weak, but I’ve shed my tears.

He says he owns me. And it's true. I've signed over complete control of my body and life for six months to a man I don't know. Five years he's been planning this. They say revenge is a dish best served cold. But my blackmailer serves it up white hot. He's addicted to my innocence, and I'm addicted to him. He likes to hurt me. I love to let him. He brings me to life. He sets me free. He makes my heart feel things it shouldn't. But he also scares me.

When I stumbled into a Mafia-run club seeking a job, I was looking for protection. Little did I know I’d need protection from him. Conor O’Callahan was exactly the kind of danger I was trying to avoid. He was gorgeous as sin with an accent hotter than Hades, but that’s where the charm ended. He was also cynical, cold, and downright cranky. You could imagine my surprise when he gave me a proposition: marry him or lose my life.

When the Wildbloods presented their daughters to me on the night of the Tithing, they knew what was to come for the chosen girl. The crescent moon that marked Willow made her mine. I had no choice but to take her. Destiny determined our fates long before we were born, laying our roles out for us. A sacrifice would be made. A tithe paid. Only then would our families be free, at least until the next payment came due.

Someone once told me that happiness is fleeting. I can see now that he was right. I'm trapped in a black hole of darkness I can't seem to crawl out of. My twin and my lover want each other dead and I'm pregnant with a baby I don't know how to protect. Ryland says he will do anything to get me back, but how do you trust the man who almost killed you? When every option before you comes at a cost, how do you choose the right path? People say that history has a way of repeating itself.

I am a Sovereign Son. A king within the Society. With a look, I send men to their knees. Yet she stands tall against me, taunting me with her rebellion. But we all have rules we must live by. Even me. And I have broken the most sacred. I took her to my bed. I claimed that which did not belong to me. And now that the beast within has had a taste, it wants more.

I’m a good girl. I live by a code that can’t be bent or broken. It is my duty to my family to stay innocent and pure. To marry an Italian man. The stars are already aligned. But Nikolai Kozlov re-writes my destiny with five simple words. You belong to me now. He's Russian mafiya. A thief. A skilled liar with no moral boundaries. He is everything I have been taught to hate. A man who stands for nothing. A man who takes what he wants without a second thought. And what he wanted was me.

A cruel fate. Two souls condemned. An impossible love. I knew he’d choose me before he came to our door on the night of the Tithing. I bore the mark that would make me his. It was my ancestor who spoke the words that bound us together, and his demon-god who promised protection for the price of blood. My blood. I was prepared to be that sacrifice if it would keep my family safe. Loving Azrael? The thought never crossed my mind. He was and would forever be my enemy.

An ancient curse. Two families bound. A forbidden love. When the Wildbloods presented their daughters to me on the night of the Tithing, they knew what was to come for the chosen girl. The crescent moon that marked Willow made her mine. I had no choice but to take her. Destiny determined our fates long before we were born, laying our roles out for us. A Sacrifice would be made. A Tithe paid. Only then would our families be free, at least until the next payment came due. I would have done my duty as Penitent. I tried.

They call him the devil. When I crash-landed into him on my first day at Loyola Academy, I was sure that couldn’t be true. He was the most gorgeous man I’d ever seen in real life. Little did I know he was also the cruelest. I went from starstruck to stunned the moment his cynical eyes cut through me. I can’t tell you what it was that made him want to punish me. But from that day forward the brooding recluse of a man made it his goal to torment me. I want to loathe him, and some days, I do. But good or bad, nobody’s attention has ever tasted so sweet.

Seit der ersten Nacht, die wir miteinander verbrachten, wusste ich, dass ich mit dem Feuer spielte. Jetzt muss ich mich den Konsequenzen stellen. Ich habe meinen besten Freund verraten. Einen Mann, der für mich mehr ein Bruder war als mein eigenes Blut.

Ich bin ein Sovereign Son. Ein König innerhalb der Society. Mit nur einem Blick zwinge ich Männer in die Knie. Sie aber widersetzt sich mir und verhöhnt mich mit ihrer Rebellion. Doch es gibt Regeln, an die wir uns zu halten haben.

Dieses Set beinhaltet Requiem der Seele, Wiedergutmachung der Sünden und Wiederbelebung des Herzens und ist die komplette Geschichte von Ivy und Santiago.

Ich lebe in einer Welt, in der Verschwiegenheit regiert. In der Society, einer Gesellschaft, die auf Macht, Reichtum und alteingesessenen Dynastien beruht. Wo Männer Könige sind und Frauen Spielfiguren. Solange ich denken kann, träume ich davon, den Fesseln der Erwartungen an mich zu entkommen. Aber es wird nie mehr als ein Traum sein. Nach einem fatalen Fehler wurden diese Fesseln zu einem Käfig.

Santiago hat endlich, was er will. Sein Baby wächst in mir heran. Ich habe ihr Schicksal umgeschrieben und sie für immer an mich gebunden. Die Dinge ändern sich für uns. Ich sehe hinter das Monster, das er der Welt zeigt. Ich sehe die Narben, die er unter den Tattoos versteckt.

Mein Mann hasst mich. Aber er ist gleichzeitig der einzige Mann, der mich retten kann. Entführt von einem Fremden, ist Santiago meine einzige Hoffnung. Nur weiß ich nicht, ob er tot ist oder noch lebt. Und so grausam er auch sein kann, der Gedanke, dass er tot sein könnte, ist unerträglich.

Wie weit würdest du gehen, um jemanden zu retten, den du liebst? Würdest du deinen Körper aufgeben? Deinen Verstand? Dein Herz? Ich habe es getan, und es hat mich alles gekostet. Er sagt, ich gehöre ihm. Und es ist wahr.

Jemand hat mir einmal gesagt, dass das Glück vergänglich ist. Jetzt weiß ich, dass er Recht hatte. Ich bin in einem schwarzen Loch voller Dunkelheit gefangen, aus dem ich nicht herauszukommen scheine. Mein Zwillingsbruder und mein Liebhaber wollen sich gegenseitig umbringen, und ich bin schwanger mit einem Baby, von dem ich nicht weiß, wie ich es schützen soll.

Ich wurde mit adligem Blut in meinen Adern geboren. Erbe einer mächtigen Dynastie. Reichtum. Macht. Aristokratie. Verlockungen, denen ich nicht widerstehen konnte.