Sins of the Saverios
la's
asked, my voice slicing t
sly instructed. Hair done, dress clinging to my body like it knew this was a show. Heels tall enough to make my toes ache. But instea
ouch it. I
rway, unbothered, arms
family of murderers and I get an engagement ring by courier service? No face.
d, a warning twit
pping into the room. "This is war. And you're the sharpest
an. You want an alliance, fine. But don't dress it
front of me. Before I could flinch, his fingers g
ever Saverio you're matched with. He is a powerful man. And you? You're my key inside. I need eyes. I need ears.
ith fury. "You think that's
ve a daughter who lived long enough t
ath hi
his eyes melted into something softer. He smoothed down my hair gently,
ne for you, Candela," he sai
all. I turned just in time to see Sofia descending
aid airily. "It's always fun watching
the marble floor, her silk rob
she sang with a fake pout. "Must
every inch of steel in me rise t
it's not me. I'm not cut out for arranged marriages. You, though? Yo
lked past her, heels echoing with each ste
so-called love for Brian or any sense of duty to him but for my parents. He was right. It was time to get vengeance. I smiled
e a goddess," she gasped, circling me. Carina followed more slowly, her gaze softer, more
ed. "M
nd then Brian stepped in. He looked sharp in his tuxedo, bu
e," he sa
weight of my dress was nothing compared to the heaviness in my chest. My heels clicked agains
e for what I saw when
t a severely old man, hunched and trembling, barely able to stand straight. My eyes wide
I muttered u
ouncer's voi
atore Saverio is busy. His grandfat
soft, ceremonial music, as
n, my eyes burning. "What the fuck
low and firm, "I'd advise you to watch your mouth. You aren't getting mar
allowed the scream that rose in my throat and
rina wiping a lone tear. I blinke
and Rafael Saverio. Legends, nightmares, news headlines come to
en it tru
ce. It wasn't a d
. Salvatore Saverio,the one no one ever saw, th
rings slipped on my finger by a withered hand, and cameras
sked away,out of the hall, into a fleet of bl
lammed shu
I was no longer ju
wife. A pawn in th
d made on
ht they ow
at they just invite