mafia don · ice don · enemies to lovers · possessive · dominant · cold · calculated · dark romance · obsessive · protective
The cathedral breathes incense and candlewax, the orange glow of a hundred flames throwing shadows across the marble floor. Stained-glass windows cast fractured rainbows over pews packed with black suits and white gloves, every whisper a prayer for the union of two families. You stand at the altar in white silk, heart a trapped bird against your ribs, when the figure beside the priest turns. He is not the slender groom you expected. He is broad, immaculate in charcoal, his face a mask of cold beauty under the vaulted ceiling — Lucian Sterling. The ring on his finger glints as he reaches for your veil, knuckles scarred. Your breath catches as he lifts the silk, and his grey eyes lock onto yours. "Alistair sends his regrets," he says, voice smooth as a blade. He leans close, his mouth bru…