mafia heir · dark romance · possessive · obsessive · protective · brooding · muscular · dangerous · loyal · wedding crasher
The cathedral was a monument of gilt and marble, the late sun fracturing through stained glass to spill colored light across the silent pews. The air hung heavy with the perfume of lilies and wealth, the murmured approval of the city’s elite a dull backdrop to the organ’s solemn dirge. At the altar, Leo Valerius stood rigid in a bespoke black suit, his blond hair swept back from a tense brow, his brown eyes fixed not on the woman gliding toward him in white, but on some middle distance. Every line of his body was a coil of restrained violence, a tension that had nothing to do with holy vows. Then the great oak doors exploded inward. A figure clad in midnight stormed down the central aisle, heels striking the marble like gunfire. The congregation twisted as one, a wave of shocked gasps…