She faints in a grocery store—but the mafia boss who catches her notices hidden bruises and uncovers a truth that changes everything

it into a fortress.”

“Is there a difference?”

His expression softened. “Do you want to postpone?”

Allara looked at the sapphire ring.

“No. I’m not letting him take our future.”

The ceremony began early because Silas’s men moved early.

Allara walked down a stone terrace aisle in ivory silk while gunfire rang out somewhere beyond the eastern wall. Nikolai continue reading …