GemNoir

“You need my help, Tesoro. You choose. A marriage with me or be torn apart by them” His voice was cool as though this wasn't a matter of life or death.

I didn't want this life. My father had gambled a lot and left me with a lot of enemies and now I needed the help of Don Vincenzo LaRosa who was my high school bully and now the Don of the most powerful mafia family in Italy if I was going to survive it.

It was just a marriage of convenience but I realized something. He wasn't helping me out of a good heart. I had been sold without my permission to him. I was the mafia's pawn.

Sold to the Capo

"Is he gonna come?" A muffled voice in my consciousness sounded.

I stirred, my body limp and my head facing downwards. What happened?

"Oh, she's waking up," Followed by a cackle and the sound of a door shutting.

I shot up with a start, breathing heavily, my eyelids drooping as I tried to make sense of where I was, but my mind was still hazy, and I felt a headache.

"Who…who are you?" My eyes zeroed in on the man who was standing in front of me, a black trench coat enveloping his entire frame easily.

He had a mask on with gloves and he was staring down at me with a condescending gaze. "Finally took you enough time to come through, huh?"

I groaned, a whimper escaping my lips as I tried to move only to figure out that I was tied to a chair. God damnit!. "Fuck you," I groaned, throwing my head back, feeling too weak to even try to struggle against the ropes beginning to dig into my skin.

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