After being left for dead by the mafia don she trusted, a woman claws her way back to freedom and rebuilds her life on her own terms. As she grows stronger, the man who abandoned her begins to realize what he lost — and she's determined he'll regret it.
To punish me on behalf of my adopted sister, Grace, my husband, Don Luca Moretti, abandoned Three months pregnant, at a camp on a snowy mountain. He said he wanted to teach me a Northridge was the Moretti family's private mountain. Up there, a single word from Luca carried more weight than any distress signal. But that day, the average came.
I was buried in the snow, crying as I dialed the rescue line. The moment the operator recognized my voice, the call was dropped. I tried my parents next. They brushed me off.
The last call I made was to Luca. All he said was, Stop being hysterical. Think about what you've done. The final avalanche swallowed me whole.
Before my eyes closed, blood had soaked through the snow beneath me, and he was holding Grace's hand, walking slowly toward where I lay. The snow had already risen past my waist. I dialed the Moretti family's internal rescue line over and over again.
Help! There's been an avalanche! I'm buried at the North Ridge Camp! My right leg was pinned under a broken tent pole. The slightest movement felt like bones splintering from the inside out.
Worse still, my lower abdomen had begun to tighten in waves. The call finally connected. I choked out the words.