Intense (Beneath Blaze #3)

by Luna Mason

Because tonight wasn’t just about vengeance. Tonight, Stephanie proved she belongs right here, beside me, in the dark, with blood on her hands and her crown forged in fire. And I’ve never loved her more.

When we came to America, it was just a dream. An idea. We bled for it, killed for it, built every brick of our empire in the shadow of our father’s ghost. And here we are now. Not just working for the most powerful mafia families in the world, but standing alongside them. As equals. We’ve earned this. We’ve carved our place into history. I’ve always had my brothers at my side. But now, we’ve got family everywhere. Because that’s what this is. Not just business. Not just vengeance. Family. And we protect our own—fiercely.

“I love you,” he rasps, forehead pressed to mine. “I fucking love you, Stephanie Quinn. And I’ll say it every day, every time I fuck you, every time you breathe, until you never doubt it again.”

“Because all the control, all the precision, all the power—none of it meant shit until you walked into my operating room and lit me on fire. You’re my obsession. You always were. The rest was noise.”