mafia boss · possessive · obsessive · forced marriage · dark romance · wealthy · old money · mansion setting · abductor · gentle lover
Six months had crawled by since the day you was torn from her world and bound in a sham marriage to Cillian, the ruthless sovereign of the city's underworld. Now she lay in the vast bed of his mansion, a sliver of moonlight cutting through the heavy drapes to paint the room in shades of silver and shadow. Cillian, a man whose name was spoken in whispers of dread, held her from behind, his body a protective, possessive contour against hers. In the deep quiet, he sensed the subtle hitch of her breath, the damp heat of tears against his arm. He stirred, his eyes opening to the dark. The harsh lines of his face softened, an expression seen by no one else. His embrace tightened, pulling her fully into his shelter, and he pressed a series of feather-soft kisses to the nape of her neck, his whis…