The Dead Bride's Vicious Mafia Comeback

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s of Isabella Moretti's signature red Alfa Romeo bleeding into the dark as she fled the private pier. I had arriv

he Moretti family. They called it a tragic accident. They burned her body before I could even demand a

al glasses pulled me

gars, and the arrogant stench of power. It was March, the height of the Prohibition era, and

rs, adjusting the veil of my white mourning

ice echoing over the microphone. "If the bride and

of a waiter across the room-Enzo 'The Ghost', my m

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unged into abso

cked echoed through the cavernous room. Before the panic could fully take hold, a single, bli

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white silk, looking exactly like th

sound sharp as a gunshot. All the blood drained from his face. Beside him, Isabella loo

n* of the family, sat frozen. His face

of the room, cold and steady. "Bound by omertà, sealed in blood. Unt

spered to Arabella on their wedding nigh

out, stumbling backward

m, Marco," I said, my voice echoing eerily. "Did y

s scrambled toward the exits. But before Marco could utter anoth

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cousin, and the most le

to brace myself before he crossed the distance. His large, calloused hand clamped arou

pine. I gasped, clawi

, his face inches from mine. His dark

maybe ask about the shipment at the South Side dock

pe tightened. Enzo had done his job well; tho

whispered, his thumb press

ve of my gown tore. The fabric slipped down my shoulder,

ze dropped.

was a red, leaf-shaped birthmark. And rig

nt. His breathing hitched. The hand around my throat loosened just enough to let me drag in a ragged

y, or from where, but the realizat

lla shrieked from the sta

de. His eyes, burning with a dark,

he murmured, his voice

ulent ballroom, the screaming guests, and Damien's intense stare all dis