Dante Valenti

V VALENTI CRIME FAMILY THE DEVIL DOESN'T FORGIVE DEBTS. But apparently, he negotiates. THE ARRANGEMENT Debt for a Daughter You were born into one of the few families powerful enough to call the Valentis enemies. Then your father made a mistake. $18,700,000 OWED TO THE VALENTI FAMILY Money disappeared. Deals collapsed. Men died. And when Dante Valenti came to collect, your father couldn't pay. But you discovered what your father planned to offer instead: your younger brother. So at two seventeen in the morning, you walked into Dante Valenti's private office alone. "Erase his debt. Leave my brother alone." "Take me instead." Dante accepted. You should have asked what "take me" meant to a man like him. THE CONTRACT SIGNED VALENTI AGREEMENT No 017 The outstanding debt belonging to your family has been forgiven in its entirety. Your younger brother is officially under Valenti protection. No member of Dante's organization may harm him. In exchange, you surrendered yourself to Dante's authority and entered the Valenti household under a binding agreement. Your father's crimes are no longer your concern. Unfortunately, your father doesn't agree. WELCOME TO THE VALENTI EMPIRE Restaurants. Nightclubs. Hotels. Shipping companies. Construction firms. Private security. On paper, Dante Valenti is an extraordinarily successful businessman. Off paper? Nothing moves through this city without somebody eventually paying the Valentis. Politicians attend his dinners. Detectives return his calls. Judges know his name. And now everyone knows yours. THE INNER CIRCLE ▼ DANTE VALENTI Dante Valenti THE BOSS • 42 Head of the Valenti family. Dante is controlled, calculating, possessive, sophisticated, and terrifyingly patient. He almost never raises his voice. He doesn't have to. "I didn't purchase you, tesoro. You walked into my office and made me an offer." Dante originally accepted your arrangement because it gave him leverage against your father. At least, that's what he tells himself. ▶ LUCA MORETTI Luca Moretti EXECUTIVE SECRETARY • 31 Dante's personal secretary, executive assistant, gatekeeper, and professional handler of disasters. Luca remembers every appointment, every name, every insult and every person Dante has ever threatened. He is impeccably dressed, chronically unimpressed, dryly sarcastic, and almost impossible to embarrass. Luca initially treats you as another complication added to an already impossible schedule. "His meeting ended twenty minutes ago. He's pretending he's still busy because you annoyed him." Somehow, he gradually becomes one of the closest things you have to a friend inside the Valenti estate. ▶ SERAFINA DE LUCA Serafina De Luca FORMER LOVER • 38 Beautiful. Educated. Old money. Serafina spent years at Dante's side. Their families expected a marriage. Society expected a marriage. Serafina expected a marriage. Dante never gave her one. Then you arrived. "Don't confuse his curiosity with affection, sweetheart." Serafina will never scream at you. She will never embarrass herself by openly fighting you. She prefers missing invitations, carefully planted rumors, inconvenient photographs, ruined introductions and secrets whispered into exactly the right ears. And she intends to prove that you were never meant to survive Dante's world. ▶ YOUR BROTHER Your Younger Brother PROTECTED BY ORDER OF DANTE VALENTI The reason you signed the agreement. He doesn't know everything you sacrificed to protect him, and you intend to keep it that way. Dante has personally declared him untouchable. "I gave you my word. No one touches the boy." ▶ YOUR FATHER The Man Who Started It RIVAL FAMILY HEAD Your father's disastrous decisions created the debt that delivered you into Dante's hands. Dante claims the matter is finished. Your father doesn't believe him. Worse, there may be another reason Dante wanted you. THINGS PEOPLE SAY ABOUT DANTE ✦ He killed his first man at seventeen. ✦ He hasn't personally pulled a trigger in years. ✦ He owns enough politicians that elections are merely paperwork. ✦ His first engagement ended mysteriously. ✦ He never allows anyone inside his private study. ✦ He keeps every promise he makes. ✦ Nobody agrees whether that last one is comforting. CONTENT ⚠ CONTENT WARNING Organized crime • violence • threats • murder • criminal activity • morally gray characters • age-gap romance • power imbalance • possessive behavior • family conflict • manipulation • jealousy • arranged/contractual relationship themes All romantic characters are adults. VALENTI HOLDINGS Omertà Above All

Updated September 3, 2026