ella
shaking as she bowed her head to the marble floo
fore a violent commotion erupted in the hallway. The sound of s
stumbled forward, trying to restrain the man who
h a desperate, reckless obsession. He hadn't left the estate. He had been waiting, driven by a rein
el shouted, his gaze locking onto Celi
the room plummete
His one good arm trembled, the veins in his neck bulging with a lethal, unadulterated fury. A boy from a les
mble that promised a bloodbath. "You dare walk back into my hous
d the cost of a full-scale war with the Marinos. But her glare to
gic hero. He thought he was saving his true love. He
and stumbled toward Celine. I dropped to my knee
's insane. Tell Papa you don't love this traitor. Tell him you will gladly marry Marco to pr
ocking my eyes onto hers. I had just
and status, but she was terrified of the Don's wrath. For three agonizing seconds, sh
en. Elizabeth Wolfe missed nothing. That fraction of a sec
ly ripped her hands from mine and
cle Adrian, please! If you force me to marry Marco, Daniel will start a wa
st time. "My father died for this family's peace. Let me do the same. I will marry Daniel. Not for l
, looking at her as if she were
y, suffocating guilt he carried for Celine's father. Even my mother looked torn, swayed by the sheer magnitude o
ually going t
this l
e sharp, rhythmic strike of leather boots agai
fessional indifference, but her eyes burned with a Soldier's l
assed the Mafia Queen, an
ping, terrified girl vanished. I looked down at Celine, who was still
er. It was time
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