Traded at Birth, Wanted by the Underworld

A pale older woman in pearls stands near a window, eyes lowered, hands clasped.

Renata looked at her mother and waited one full second.

Renata

Mama.

Beatrice

Your father has decided. We do not argue with your father in this house.

Traded at Birth, Wanted by the Underworld

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Renata Sartori was swapped at birth and raised in the shadow of the girl who took her name. Her family knows the truth. They still chose Fiorella. They gave Renata’s childhood engagement to Fiorella, then told Renata to serve drinks at the party. When a man drops bleeding at the family dock, Renata saves him with skill she was told to hide. Saverio Vescari sees it. He is a mafia boss with blood on his hands and a need only Renata can fill. He offers her a bargain: his protection for her work. Renata says yes on her own terms. She will not be owned. Inside Saverio’s world, she learns her hidden skills are worth more than her family’s name. Her old world starts to panic. They thought they could throw her away. Now they need her. Saverio watches her like she is rare. Her family wants her silence. Renata wants them all to learn what happens when the rejected daughter stops begging.