Blood Wedding: A Mafia Romance

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is voice carrying through the hallways of the Torrisi compound as he demanded to see me immediately. Rosa had tried to give me

lines around his mouth deeper. Behind him were my brothers. Nico first, twenty-eight and already taking over parts of the family operations. Then Vin

d them without

at tone. They filed out and the door closed again, leaving me alone with

inted him. I'd always been good at disappointing him, ever since I was sixteen and decided I wanted to study art instead of business. Since

what happened,"

tion with Rafael, the door opening, the gun, Rafael covering me with his body. The seven shots. The blood

en he walked to the window and looked out at the g

s you were the t

id the sa

look like they couldn't protect a Corsini under their own roof." He turned back to face me. "Y

egs were starting to shake. "Salvatore wants m

" Dad came closer, stood right in f

riage without asking my opinion. Had my college boyfriend killed and forced me to terminate my pregnancy, the

ter what I w

the qu

mething he'd scraped off his shoe. But staying married into the Torrisi family meant I could figure out who'd killed Rafael. Who'd tried to kill me. I

that trigger and why they wanted me dead. And I can't find out i

ssion. Not quite approval but cl

ut I need somethin

r negotiated with my father be

. But basics. How to protect myself. How to read people in this world. How to un

ions, calculating risks, doing whatever mental math he did whe

door. "And Thalia? Don't trust anyone in this house. Not Rosa, not Marco, not even Dante. So

ack in immediately after, probably because they'd

t the wall, arms crossed in that way that reminded me so mu

ho," Luca said. "

. He said it casually, like he was commenting o

ent dinners, talking about his brother with this mixture of pride and concern that I hadn't ful

my brothers

m in here. "Look, I don't love this plan any more than you do. But someone tried to kill me la

out if you're dead,

o's going to he

. "You understand what you're asking for? Once you start learning this stuff, you ca

. Pretending my brothers had legitimate jobs. Pretending the money that paid for my a

nt to go ba

hers, some silent communication

u pick things up." He glanced at his watch. "For now, get ready. Salvatore wants the wh

an unders

se, so at least I didn't have to wear borrowed things anymore. I chose a simple black dress, nothing fancy. Put m

meone who had her life under control instead of someone whose

il you make