The devil's bride

kens into a scowl as I glare up at the looming sto

's b

shit. Because despite everything I've built and everything I have despite coming from

ame over on the fucking Mayflower" sprawling Westchester, New York mansion of a home. My pockets

u

is truly monarch of his kingdom. I, however, still can'

from nothing, and though he might be pushing me toward something in which I cur

ur last name of Belluci. But that was decades ago, in another life. And when my parents were kille

devoured us, Vito took i

pire. It's by Vito's grace, and the grace of the other Italian families, that Club Venom is e

karma always comes back around.

ust came due.

ilitates desires, fantasies, and hedonism. That's a fancy way of saying "what happens at Venom, between two-or frequently more than two-conse

ut any money changing hands. There

are there because they one hundred per cent want to be-I know this because I personally and thoroughly vet every sin

e fuck

eone has to participate in sex for money, the mob also

amilies in the United States, agreed almost twenty years ago to stop any in

that, speaking in a pure business sense, it's j

nd grifting city services... They all make way m

as grown thin in places on

of Club Venom, because all member applications run through me. Perhaps there were some red flags in the back

woman. If she wants to spend her Saturday nights getting gang-banged by Bratva

kay, yeah, that is a problem, given that Angelo now wants my balls on a plate, despite the fact that I personally

chargi

st clue if it was because Maria wasn't getting a big enough allowance from da

m as my little fiefdom of hedonism for the wealthy

creates a

capo or have my entire empire yanked out from under me, Vito came up with

ve, thankfully, agreed that Maria acted on her o

ing what is effectively a "house of ill

kind of pimp. So it's come down to this: get married, and quickly, and this whole problem goes away. The drinks keep flowing, the lights s

to marry Aria Black? A girl half my age whose father is a poisono

wer: I fuc

marrying a child. But I've also been playing this game long enough to understand how to maneu

kay with it. Yet she's not actually mafia, which saves me from getting stuck with so

ck squarely in the pa

this city. That, honestly, is what I truly trade in

rmat

I'm richer tha

n older, he's failed to secure new relationships with the younger generati

es and understandings and favors is s

ry someone like me. And I plan on l

s me to marry her. I mean-he'll probably figure it out at some poin

easons, marrying Aria B

fact that James and Aiden B

what they think I did to their fa

w here

rs from behind me. I turn away from the facade of the Black residence to glare at

at my watch. He lifts an

g you a fucking pigg

he runs a hand through his dark hair. "

y jaw clenching.

tional support?" He laughs, sprawling back in his seat. "N

as I turn to glare u

to ban all strip clubs in New York?" Carmy clicks his tongue against his te

been more like a brother to me since even before his f

sts voyeuristic orgies and kink nights. M

done?"

ce more. "So, you

o on and crack a window-" "D

Carmy's snickering, turning to groan

dam