<p>Dangerous. Vindictive. Ruthless. Fearless. Demonic. Satanic. Satan himself. Mafia King.</p><p> </p><p>All words that describe me, Lucinio Mafia's leader. The boss. I've taken my family name to heights not even I dared to dream of.</p><p> </p><p>Very few know the price I've paid to get here. They don't know the darkness I crawl out of every single day for the sake of my family; my name. It's that darkness, the evil inside, that keeps me as guarded as I am. </p><p> </p><p>Especially against her. </p><p> </p><p>Dallas Cassidy is barely more than a girl. She's the princess of Viper's Venom, a motorcycle club with a reputation just as vicious as mine. The little sister of the leader of VV, who just happens to be my best friend.</p><p> </p><p>No one has been able to bust down my walls the way she has, but she's way too good for a man like me. I'll ruin her.</p><p> </p><p>One sentence that rocks me and my entire family to our core has the blackness in my soul taking complete control. I want nothing more than to destroy the entire world with my wrath alone.</p><p> </p><p>To protect the woman who owns me from being incinerated by the flames chasing me down, I put more and more distance between her and the demons that live inside me. Only, I know I need her love. I won't survive without it.</p><p> </p><p><strong>~ Phoenix Rising is a dark, mafia, age gap, brother's best friend, best friend's little sister romance with violent themes, graphic mental health descriptions, mentions of child abuse (not by MC), mentions of miscarriage, descriptions of kidnapping, and adult content that may not be suitable for all readers. ~</strong></p>