SOFIA
My mother shot me to save me.
Then she locked me inside the empire she built from women our families discarded and called it freedom.
She has protection for my unborn child. A crown waiting for me. And the brother I buried years ago breathing beneath another name.
All she wants in return is my marriage.
Alessio is tearing cities apart to find me. He knows about the baby. He knows I kept it from him. He also knows that if he reaches for another cage, I will walk away no matter how much I love the man inside it.
I escaped one dynasty, refused another, and married the most dangerous man in Chicago. Now I have to decide what survives when every crown begins to burn.
ALESSIO
My wife is alive.
She carries our child, and the woman who stole her believes blood gives her the right to decide their future.
I have Chicago back beneath my hand. I have men, money, judges, and enough rage to turn every road between us red.
When Sofia commands me to wait, I will stand outside the gate with blood on my hands and obey. When I reach her, I will kneel before I touch her and give her every truth I once buried.
Then I will destroy the council that used my name to murder her brother, kill mine, and build a war around our marriage.
They offered me two empires and an heir. I want the woman who would burn all three before she lets them own us.
This is the third and final book in The Black Crown Trilogy. Reading order: Vows of Venom. Empire of Venom. Crown of Venom.
