Cage of Thorns: The Assassin's Redemption
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At fifteen, Lina was taken from an orphanage and forged into a weapon by the Raven organization. For fifteen years, she knew only one truth: emotions are weakness, and survival means staying sharp.
Then came the mission that changed everything—assassinate Antonio Moretti, heir to New York's most powerful crime family. But when the job is done, it's not Antonio's brother seeking revenge who finds her in the shadows. It's Luca Moretti, the family's true power, who steps aside and lets her walk free.
His offer is simple and impossible: "Didn't you want to escape Raven and live a normal life? Then start by going to school."
Suddenly, the girl who can kill in twenty-seven different ways is struggling with calculus. The assassin who never hesitated is learning what it means to have a friend. And the weapon who locked all emotions in a cage is discovering that some cages were meant to be opened.
But normal life comes with complications Lina never trained for—high school bullies who don't know the danger they're courting, a mafia boss whose every gentle gesture feels like a trap, and the growing suspicion that Luca Moretti knows far more about her past than he's telling.
As Raven's shadow closes in and the truth about her parents' death surfaces, Lina must answer the question she's been avoiding: Is Luca Moretti her savior, her new master, or something far more dangerous—someone who sees her not as a weapon, but as a girl worth saving?
In a world where trust is currency and love is liability, can a killer learn to live? Or will the thorns she was given be the only thing that remains?
*A dark mafia romance about found family, second chances, and discovering that the most dangerous thing isn't the enemies in the shadows—it's learning to let someone see you in the light.
Then came the mission that changed everything—assassinate Antonio Moretti, heir to New York's most powerful crime family. But when the job is done, it's not Antonio's brother seeking revenge who finds her in the shadows. It's Luca Moretti, the family's true power, who steps aside and lets her walk free.
His offer is simple and impossible: "Didn't you want to escape Raven and live a normal life? Then start by going to school."
Suddenly, the girl who can kill in twenty-seven different ways is struggling with calculus. The assassin who never hesitated is learning what it means to have a friend. And the weapon who locked all emotions in a cage is discovering that some cages were meant to be opened.
But normal life comes with complications Lina never trained for—high school bullies who don't know the danger they're courting, a mafia boss whose every gentle gesture feels like a trap, and the growing suspicion that Luca Moretti knows far more about her past than he's telling.
As Raven's shadow closes in and the truth about her parents' death surfaces, Lina must answer the question she's been avoiding: Is Luca Moretti her savior, her new master, or something far more dangerous—someone who sees her not as a weapon, but as a girl worth saving?
In a world where trust is currency and love is liability, can a killer learn to live? Or will the thorns she was given be the only thing that remains?
*A dark mafia romance about found family, second chances, and discovering that the most dangerous thing isn't the enemies in the shadows—it's learning to let someone see you in the light.