She offered herself as payment. He got more than he bargained for.
My sister ran before her wedding. Left our family's debt unpaid.
So I took her place. The bride who wasn't part of the plan.
Dante Santoro looked at me like something he intended to keep. The new Don married me that day.
I watched him for years before he ever knew my name. I know his nightmares. The way his hands shake when he thinks no one sees. He never noticed me.
I walked in already falling.
He won't touch me for weeks. Then he snaps. His hands on my wrists, his teeth on my throat, his voice in the dark calling me his while I beg him not to stop.
Someone inside this family is bleeding it dry. I found the proof. I spent my whole life with nothing worth protecting. Now I do.
I finally have a home. And someone wants to burn it down.
