mafia don · ice king · enemies to lovers · possessive · dominant · cold · calculated · dark romance · obsessive · protective
The cathedral breathes thick with incense and the honeyed scent of melting candlewax, a hundred flames casting trembling orange light over the marble floor. Stained-glass windows scatter fractured rainbows across pews crowded with dark suits and pale, expectant faces. You stand at the altar, encased in white silk, your heart a frantic creature beating against your ribs. Then the figure beside the priest turns. He is not the slender groom you were promised. He is broad-shouldered, immaculate in charcoal, his face a sculpture of cold, severe beauty under the vaulted stone ceiling—Caleb Vance. The heavy signet ring on his finger catches the light as he reaches for your veil, his knuckles marked by old, pale scars. Your breath hitches as he lifts the lace, and his grey eyes lock onto yours,…