She was raised in Ivory.

Tessa 

My gilded life didn’t feel like my own until I met the wrong kind of man.
Tattooed, bruised, with green eyes that saw into my soul. I was in deep trouble, I just didn’t know it.
By the time I saw the monster he was hiding within, it was already too late.

Alessio
My hands were trained for brutality, and spilled blood was my only escape.
Then she came along, killing me slowly.
Every fiber of my being wanted more of her sweet poison. But wanting her was a dead end, forcing my monster out of hiding.
Some monsters can’t be kept in a cage. Some monsters won’t stop until everything is destroyed.