ella
and delicate lace, but as it clung to my skin, it felt like a beautiful, heavy shroud. The bridal suite w
y against the thick carpet. She reached out, her fingers wrapping tightly around my fre
, hovered near the door, her eyes red-rimmed as she adjusted my veil in silence.
the cathedral, my father
ht's ruined negotiations. Richard Griffin didn't offer a hug or an apology.
ent, and the title to your pink Bentley," he said, his voice hollow and
n of my childhood shattered. I wasn't a beloved daughter walking down the aisle; I was a
r hands locked together in a death grip. Outside the tinted windows, the streets of Chicago had been entirely cleared. We were flanked by a
l display of dominance meant to warn the Kramer family and th
cast fractured, bloody light across the cold marble floor. I walked down the
ar stood m
e face. He didn't even bother to pretend he wanted to be here. Beside him stood the *Don*. Damien Moretti
d mockingly in my mind: *Whoever marries him is truly cursed.* I looke
avy. I exchanged rings with Leo, the cold m
red. The words t
law and God, I wa
iately turned away from me, walking toward his smirking friends without a backward glance. A few feet away, Damien stepped fo
and toward the waiting cars that would take us to the Moretti E
/1/114005/coverbig.jpg?v=c3473ef3b6fac06f6a56e45a2ce9cba4&imageMogr2/format/webp)