I was a beauty, a stray orphan who witnessed a murder and the beast took me as his hostage. Once upon a time... A Don by the name of Vlad Vitalli ruled New York, the leader of one of the five ruling Families, La Cosa Nostra. He's a monster, a trained killer, and a cold-blooded murderer. He's tall, mysterious, with icy gray eyes, he rarely smiles, and he is going to murder me. I was the wrong person at the wrong time. An innocent at the masquerade ball but I witnessed a murder. I become a target to the mafia who have a rule of no witnesses left behind. To save my life, I made a deal with the ruthless beast, handing myself to the cruelest man in the kingdom. Just as Don Vlad was about to order the hit, I threw off my masquerade mask, revealing my face, and offered myself to him. One look and I was doomed. He took me as his hostage. His captive. He didn't know that by taking me, Dahlia, he sealed his own fate. Welcome to New York's Underworld. Loosely based on the fairytale Beauty & The Beast.