The devil's bride

beyond

e first, his tone lethal and men

ways go to me and my big mouth. Because I have a tendency to "

en it comes to voicing those opinions. But in this case, I'm too busy staring at Frederick with my jaw on the floor to speak. And James is obv

s that make him one of the best lawyers in New York. And it's my other brother Aiden's ability to sca

rums his fingers on the leather armrest of his chair. His other hand raises a crystal tumbler of whiskey to the bored line of his lips. It's

ould you categor

act that she's f

isses me off even more. It's not the fact that one of his grandchildren has just sworn in front of him-my t

ve in 1910. Maybe even earlier. I'm not sure he even thi

mpe

hteen fuck

nd only once," he snaps coldl

interrupting him. When my angry eyes dart to the side and meet James's

kiddo, I can almo

ing us all here today. He could have easily told us all of

our helpless fury in person. Relis

ars old," Frederick drone

And I am well within my rights to make a suitable...arrangemen

nteen years younger than my brothers. Weird? Yeah. But that's what happens when your at-the-time fifty-seven-year-old grandfather gets remarried to

ight-year-old step-grandmother, and a

ess is never soft or weak. It's more like the soft rattle of the wind in the branches right before the thundercloud breaks. He m

tury America. And you're honestly sittin

goatee. Most people consider Frederick Black a handsome, distinguished man-a man who shakes hands with governors an

charming mask bought with wealth and power t

d daughter to the fucking mob: probably for something like first dibs o

y be for box seats at a Yankees game, if

To be marrying Aria into the Italian mafia would be horrendous enough on its own to warrant

her off to. It's to him: to- "Matteo godda

s a slight raise of an

t for swearing. Jack

s dirty-blond hair as he paces the floor. "And after what that piece of shit did

?" Frederick dron

grandfather: two sets of greenish-hazel eyes from Ja

n his face. "If you've already passed judgment and sente

attorney, Frederick,"

ips curl deeper and his tone gr

u," James

territory. He's the more dangerous kind of mafioso. He's the kind of criminal people elect, not realizing who they're vo