They sold him like property. He was never meant to survive the man who claimed him. Luca Marino was just another face in the city—until the night he was drugged, caged, and put on display in a secret human auction. Stripped of his name, his freedom, and his future, Luca becomes a prize for men who collect power the way others collect art. Then Adrian DeLuca walks in. He doesn’t bid. He doesn’t negotiate. He stops the auction and takes Luca as his own. Adrian is everything Luca should fear—cold, calculating, and untouchable. A crime lord whose word is law and whose protection comes with a price. Instead of chains, Luca is locked inside a luxury estate. Instead of violence, Adrian waits. Watches. Claims. Because Adrian doesn’t want obedience. He wants Luca’s fire. Hate is easy. Survival is harder. And when desire begins to bleed into defiance, Luca is forced to confront a terrifying truth: the most dangerous thing about Adrian DeLuca isn’t the power he holds… it’s the way he’s willing to let Luca fight him. In a world ruled by ownership, loyalty, and blood, love is the ultimate act of rebellion—and surrender may cost more than resistance ever did. Bought. Claimed. Protected. Desired. This is a dark MM enemies to lovers romance featuring captivity, obsession, power imbalance, and a possessive mafia anti hero who will destroy anyone who touches what’s his. ⚠️ For adult readers only. Contains dark themes.