The Mafia Temptation

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he way her body had yielded to mine when I pulled her close. It wasn't the power I had over her in

ified of me, and for a moment, that was all I needed to remind myself that she was mine. Her resistance

t was almost as though she didn't belong here. She didn't belong in this world I'd made for myself, where loyalty and betrayal were th

of uncertainty. She was a tool-an asset, a pawn. A way to extract the punishmen

st rising and falling rapidly as though she were trying to steady herself. I could almost hear the thoughts racing through her mind, her inner turm

ly obvious. Her beauty wasn't the kind that demanded attention, but rather, it was the kind that drew you in slowly, quietly

y to her, a fragile beauty that

d, my voice low, almost gentle. I did

anything about what my father did. I don't know why you're

e was innocent in all of this. She didn't understand what her father

lse was quick, her heart pounding beneath her skin. It made my own he

, my voice hardening. "His actions have consequences,

cape. "I didn't betray anyone!" she cried, her voice rising in desperation. "

er, unaware of the darkness that had always hovered just beyond her reach. She couldn't see the connections, the intricaci

y. "The moment you were born, you became a part of this. Your blood is tied to his act

o escape now. Her father had made this ch

I'd seen in countless people before her. They all thought they could escape, thought they could outrun

e that almost made me smile. She was strong, but that streng

" she whispered, her voice a mi

hickening. The desire to break her was still there, pulsing in my veins, but there was somethi

yal," I said softly, my voice dropping to a dangerous whisper. "I want you to know that you can ne

back slightly, just enough to study her face. There was a flicker of som

dare. She wasn't goi

me?" she asked, her voice a little stronge

t like the other women I had controlled, the ones wh

have cared

, my voice dark. "But I won't make the same mista

thing. "I'll never be your puppet," she said

t my lips. This was the fire I had wanted to see from he

I wouldn't have i

We have a lot to discuss, and I don't intend for you to was

under my grip. Her defiance was clear, but it wouldn't last. Soon, s

oom, and I pushed her toward one of the

as something about her that unsettled me. Something that made me wonder if maybe I wasn't just punishing her for h