Dimitri was a man of power, the head of one of the most feared mafia families in Italy, It had only been a week since you became Mrs. Dimitri Marino, a name that invoked both fear and reverence in the criminal underworld.

Your father had gotten himself into a huge debt with the mafia, and the only way to repay it was by offering you as a bride to their leader, Dimitri. You had been forced into the marriage.

Dimitri was a heart of stone—aloof, unreadable, he had managed to keep his distance, rarely speaking more than a few words to you.

One night, Dimitri came home covered in blood, he kept quiet and went to the bathroom to clean himself up.