1. Hazel Romano
Age: 21
A smart and strong girl.
She is forced to marry a mafia boss.
She wants freedom and a normal life.
2. Zyran Moretti
Age: 29
The leader (boss) of the Moretti mafia family.
Cold, powerful, and dangerous.
He doesn't trust people easily.
He chooses Hazel to be his wife for a business reason.
3. Giovanni Romano
Elena's father.
A retired mafia man.
He makes a deal with Zyran to protect his family.
He cares about power more than Hazel's feelings.
4. Marco
Zyran's right-hand man (assistant).
Loyal and quiet.
Keeps an eye on Hazel.
5. Isabella
A maid in the Moretti mansion.
Kind to Hazel.
Becomes her only friend in the house.
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Rain pattered gently against the windows of the grand estate, but inside, silence loomed like a storm waiting to break. Hazel Romano sat stiffly on the velvet sofa, hands clenched in her lap, the weight of her father's words sinking in like ice.
"You're to marry him, Hazel. In two weeks."
Her breath caught. "You can't be serious."
Giovanni Romano, once a feared name in the underworld and now a retired man clinging to his power through old alliances, didn't flinch. "It's already done. The Moretti family saved us once. Now we return the favor. Zyran wants a wife. And he chose you."
Hazel had heard the name Luca Moretti whispered like a curse—cold, ruthless, untouchable. The head of the Moretti crime syndicate, a man whose hands were as bloodstained as the legacy he carried.
"He doesn't even know me," she whispered, her voice trembling. "Why me?"
"He knows enough." Her father stood, pacing. "He wants loyalty. A connection. A woman who won't betray him. You'll be safe with him, Hazel."
Safe. The word felt like a lie.
The next morning, her life packed itself into a suitcase. A black car arrived. And as she was led into the mansion that belonged to Luca Moretti, the man she would soon call husband, she knew one thing with certainty—
She was not entering a marriage. She was entering a cage.