The Celtic Resolution

I was born to serve the Irish empire.

Steel in my spine. Blood on my hands.

I don’t break. I don’t bend.

But the empire is rotting.

Shipments vanish. Allies fall silent.

And every trail leads me straight into Italian territory.

That’s when I meet him—

a masked stranger at their decadent ball.

One night. One sin. One fire I should have buried.

But fate isn’t merciful.

Because when I see him again,

he isn’t just my enemy—

he’s Bruno Del Prete.

The disgraced Italian heir.

Ruthless. Arrogant. Addictive.

The one man who makes me burn when I should hate him.

We fight side by side.

We bleed for the same cause.

And somewhere between survival and betrayal,

I start to crave him more than power itself.

But trust is a luxury I can’t afford.

And when he hands me to the wolves,

when his lies cut deeper than any blade,

I swear I’ll never forgive him.

Yet when the truth shatters everything—

when my empire wants me dead,

and his touch is the only thing keeping me alive—

I learn the cruelest secret of all:

The man who ruined me is also the father of my child.