Alessia Bianchi
He promised me war, and I believed him.
But I never expected the battlefield would be my own body, my own heart. Mikhail tore through everything I thought I knew—about love, about loyalty, about myself.
I tried to run.
I tried to forget.
But the shadows always follow, and in them, I still see his eyes—cold, haunted, and unforgiving.
He doesn’t want my forgiveness. He wants my surrender.
And somewhere deep in this pain, I think I want it too.
Mikhail Novikov
I should have let her go.
Should’ve buried her with the rest of my sins.
But Alessia was never just a girl. She was the crack in the armor, the ache I couldn’t kill.
She hates me now—and she should.
Because I broke her. Lied to her. Used her.
But she’s still mine.
And even if it costs me the last piece of my soul, I will drag her back into the dark…
Because that’s where she belongs. With me.
This is the second book in the Pretty When I Break Series. Reading order: Burn Me Slowly, Break Me Softly. Bury Me Fully.