Gabriella
My future had always been set.
Like a road paved by skilled builders, without bends or intersections, I walked the path my parents laid for me.
My marriage to the future of The Outfit was all that mattered.
I didnât have a choice.
Belonging to the worldâs largest criminal organization wasnât easy but belonging to him was.
With Jacob, Iâd got lucky and as a mafia princess, I couldnât have asked for more.
Jacob was beautiful and kind and the road to him was bright with sunlight and sweet with the fragrance of flowers.
Until it wasnât.
Until it became dark with shadows.
Until the day he broke my heart.
He was a dream that turned into a nightmare.
And now, Iâd do anything to get away.
Jacob
She was a job like any other job.
Marry her.
Have an heir.
And in between all that, keep the world under my heel by any means necessary.
Iâd count myself lucky if I wasnât covered in blood on our wedding day.
As a girl, Gabrielle was as bright eyed and bushy tailed.
That was until I took off the rose-colored glasses, broke them, and revealed who I truly was.
Now, the woman is as vicious as a cobra, but when she forgets her place, like a benevolent king, I remind her.
Her resistance goads me.
Her words bite
She never counted on me biting her back.
And I never counted on her tasting so good...
Rage became foreplay.
Sex became life.
And somehow, my job, she became an obsession.
Gabriella made me lose control.
She never should have stepped out of line, because now, I see her, and like everything else in my life, I wonât be satisfied until sheâs mine in every way.