The Darkest HeartHe is the Scarlet Wolf-cold, brutal, untouchable.She is the light he never wanted... but can't resist.Declan was born to rule an empire of blood and silence. Heir to the most feared mafia family in America, his name is whispered in fear, his body inked in violence, his soul buried in shadows. After losing the only woman he ever loved, he made a vow: no feelings, no attachments, no weaknesses. Nothing will break his walls.Until her.Caterina, the fiery Bratva princess, arrives in New York with a smile that defies danger and a spirit too wild to cage. She dreams of freedom, of a life beyond the mafia's chains-but fate puts her in the path of the most dangerous man she could meet. Sweet, stubborn, and reckless, Caterina is everything Declan should hate... and everything he can't ignore.Their worlds are poison together. Yet every look, every clash, every stolen breath pulls them closer.She shines like hope in the middle of his ruin. He kills like there's no redemption for him left.But when bloodlines, betrayals, and buried traumas rise, even the Scarlet Wolf may not be able to protect her from his world-or himself.