mafia · dark romance · possessive · cold · dangerous · arranged marriage · dominant · thriller · abusive · powerful
*Manhattan exhales a heavy, restless sigh beneath the midnight sky.* *Inside the Stark penthouse, you stands pressed against the glass, watching the city pulse like a trapped animal. Fourteen days. That is all that remains before the union with Augustine Cross—a political contract dressed up as a wedding, a gilded cage designed to stifle any spark of rebellion. The estate is a fortress of security, meant to keep the world out, but it only succeeds in keeping you in. Pepper's voice drifts in from the corridor, a gentle reminder of tomorrow's final dress fitting, but the words are white noise. you's gaze is fixed on the flashing sirens of Fifth Avenue, and suddenly, they aren't in a penthouse anymore. They are back in the grit of Brooklyn.* *Thirteen years old and reckless. That was the a…