Substitute Bride: Taming The Masked Mafia Don

“I was dragged back from the countryside by my biological father for one simple reason: to be a sacrificial lamb. He ordered me to marry the terrifying mafia Don, Damien Valachi, in place of my precious half-sister, Jalynn. Everyone in the underworld knew the rumors. The Don was a ruthless reaper, and his brides never survived the wedding night. My stepmother slapped on a fake smile, reaching for my hands. "Cleo, darling. This is your duty. An honor, really." Behind her, Jalynn hid her triumphant smirk, secretly relieved she could keep warming another mobster's bed without getting caught. They thought they could just throw my life away to secure their wealth and power. My father even set up a rigged trust fund for my so-called "compensation," planning to legally snatch the money back the moment my corpse went cold. To them, I was just a disposable pawn, a piece of trash meant to die so their perfect little family could thrive. Did they really think I was just a helpless country girl they could easily manipulate, rob, and send to the slaughterhouse? I smiled coldly at their smug faces and demanded twenty million dollars. Before stepping into a military-grade armored truck to crash my own wedding, I had my hacker drain every last cent from my father's accounts. Let them plan my funeral. It was time to show my terrible family and the monster of New York exactly who they were dealing with.”