Married To My Enemy Alpha

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suspicion, and something else simmering behind that golden gaze which he c

se I showed too m

no option. The blade that I'd used to stop the assassin was clean

recise, too... cold. A mafia princess should flinch at violence. She sh

r flinched. My e

ust a mafia princ

in one of the mansion's countless guest rooms, the same hands that twisted a man

don't even know what I am anymore. My reflection flickers for half a second-not

r the speed of it. Not just the instincts. But... the darkness. The

and exhale slowl

them. The library smells like smoke and silence. The fire crac

leather armchair with a glass of something da

sleep?" I

sin then pretends to be just another spoiled mafia heiress."

. "I thanked you the second I didn't bleed out on the floor." He stands s

ow. "No one fights like that by acc

oring. That was survival." The silence s

ruths I haven't admitted. "I'm not who you think I am," I finally s

bl

does th

decide if I'm prey-or kin. "My father didn't arrange this marriage," he say

this deal? So was I. Someone pushed this union. So

gs for longer than we know." I

he admits. "But I

crawling up my spine. "You think we're being used?" "I know we are." He

silen

is strange pull toward something larger than blood feuds and territoria

s. "Then we fin

r a breath like he didn'

the same time. Footsteps thundered down the hall. Damien yanks o

he hallway makes

llet in his shoulder, clutching a sealed black envelope. Damien gr

But not

forest clearing. Blood on my hands. Eyes glowing faintly si

breath catches. Damien's hand tightens around th

ever seen that

ing behind me. And I remember what it whis

's voice is a whisper now. "What are you, Isabella?" And f

understand? My pulse thunders in my ears, and a strange heat rises beneath my ski

d slowly, even though I wish I could lie. Even though I wish I could still believe

wing." My breath catches. I turn away, but it's too late. The heat s

e... then shatter with a deafening pop, plunging u

ible over the ringing in my ears