Rising From His Broken Mafia Vows

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with absolute control over the docks, politici

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ged from the shadows l

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rdian, my savior

tering ballroom, he

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Lucia's arms and dragged her stru

ante cursed, his strong arms wrapping around me like

vanished from the family payr

the man who'd saved m

onths, until one suffocating afternoon when I walk

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tered through the wood, followed by

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the armored convoy he sent co

t of his car as

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od, her pleas for merc

pose. She dared to provoke you.

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ly planned a despicable trap, then, without hesi

d it out, and sta

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e collapsed to his knees in the pu

ng hands pressing against his wounds,

de of soul-deep

in the back seat of his car,

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st desperate passion that pressed against my che

s, I convinced myself

when I sat in the bathroom, stari

ying the F

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heart hammering

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ke invisible hands were

t catch m

ached medical files, confirming

nds healed, he'd immedia

ut warning. I doubled over the porcelain

the blank divorce papers, and drove s

tside his office, a ghost

ughing, saying Lucia wan

osses the line, I'll break her limbs. The per

d, his voice laced with

ds out, I'll lock her in the estate's v

p my spine, like my bl

k corridor, pressing mys

is mistress pass through security, and reali