Alessia Bianchi

I thought the worst was over.

But peace is a lie when you're in love with a man like Mikhail Novikov.

We ran to Spain. We changed our names.

Now we kiss in markets, sleep in tangled sheets, and pretend we're not built from blood and ruin.

But I see it in his eyes-the fear, the need, the darkness he never learned to silence.

He says I'm safe now.

But it's not the world I'm afraid of.

It's how much I need him. Even when it hurts.

Mikhail Novikov:

She looks at me like I'm still worth saving.

Even now.

Even after everything.

Alessia thinks we've escaped.

But I know better-danger doesn't disappear, it waits.

And if it comes for her again, I'll burn down every piece of this quiet life I built just to keep her breathing.

She's not a prisoner anymore.

She's my home.

And I'd rather die than lose her.

This is the third book in the Pretty When I Break Series. Reading order: Burn Me Slowly, Break Me Softly. Bury Me Fully.