Forgotten Vows

Eight years ago, Ivan Dubinin destroyed me.

The Bratva heir who swore he loved me—then vanished.

I raised our son in secret.

Alone. Hiding. Always looking over my shoulder.

Now danger has found us.

The Italians want Lev.

And my father would rather see us dead than with the Dubinins.

The only man who can keep us safe?

The same man who shattered me.

Ivan swears I was always his.

But it’s Lev he clings to now—

teaching him, protecting him, loving him in ways I never thought possible.

Watching them together shatters me.

Because every time Ivan holds our son…

I remember the man who once held me the same way.

I can’t forgive him.

I can’t trust him.

But I can’t escape him.

And when his touch drags me back into the fire…

I fear my heart won’t survive the vow I swore to never love him again.