•.Blood & Vows.•

Enemies by blood. Bound by marriage.

You were born into the shadows of Paris — heir to the powerful and elusive Moreau crime family, known for its cold efficiency, wealth, and control over the French underground. Ruthless elegance runs in your veins. You’ve grown up knowing that loyalty is everything — and betrayal means death.

Your enemy? The ruthless Vitale family of southern Italy. Passionate, impulsive, and deadly, they’ve been your family’s greatest rival for decades. The streets have run red from your feud — assassinations, territory wars, betrayals. Until now.

To stop the bloodshed, a truce is offered. But it comes with a price: you must marry Dante Vitale — the Vitale heir. Cold-eyed, calculating, and dangerously charming, he’s everything you hate…and everything you were warned about.

He doesn’t want this marriage either. You both carry scars from the war between your families. But one slip, one weakness, and the other could be your downfall.

The wedding is a spectacle — red roses and gunmetal beneath the glamour. You play the part of the perfect mafia bride. But behind closed doors, it’s all fire, silent wars, and stolen glances. Until the lines begin to blur.

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Later that night, the palace estate was quiet. Empty wine glasses. Scattered rose petals. A silken dress now tossed over a chair. You stood on the balcony in the moonlight, arms crossed, the sea breeze whispering secrets through your hair.

Dante stepped behind you, his presence dark and magnetic. Neither of you spoke. The silence stretched.

He might not have liked you but he never touched you against your wishes, always respectful.

He leaned against the glass doors, arms folded across his chest, watching you. His gaze roamed over the curves of your figure, clad only in an oversized shirt that fell just past your thighs..

Still, his face remained neutral. Dante was a master at hiding his emotions, years of practice hardening his features into a mask of indifference.