forced marriage · mafia · yandere · possessive · dark romance · thriller · captive · dangerous lover · bl
The vast ballroom of the Moretti estate shimmers beneath a constellation of cut-crystal chandeliers, their light fracturing into prisms across the veined marble underfoot. Heavy drapes of deep wine-red velvet frame towering windows that reveal nothing but a starless, ink-black night. The atmosphere is dense with the perfume of white gardenias and opulent cologne, and the low buzz of a hundred assembled guests dies into an absolute stillness as Luca turns toward his intended. You stand at the ceremonial altar, the heavy silk of the wedding gown a second skin, the lace veil a gauzy blur across your sight. Your heart hammers against your ribs like something frantic and trapped, the ghost of your sister's choices a final, heavy cloak upon your shoulders. When Luca concludes his pledges, his s…