Chapter 63 Blood Red
My eyes dropped toward the soft pastel dress still clinging to my body. The delicate fabric. The flowers. The pale silk scarf hiding bruises beneath lace and mesh. The costume of a perfect, obedient little mafia princess.
I was done playing dress-up.
A humourless laugh escaped me quietly before I ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Dressed for Sacrifice
2. Chapter 2 Miss King
3. Chapter 3 Stay Close
4. Chapter 4 Come Darling
5. Chapter 5 Shield Me
6. Chapter 6 Survival of the Prettiest
7. Chapter 7 Soaked Through
8. Chapter 8 Inconvenience and Comfort
9. Chapter 9 Politically Valuable
10. Chapter 10 Bad Behavior
11. Chapter 11 Dental Floss
12. Chapter 12 Warnings From Above
13. Chapter 13 Floral Apologies
14. Chapter 14 Humiliation
15. Chapter 15 Exploited Weakness
16. Chapter 16 My Own Consequences
17. Chapter 17 Potholes and Review Mirrors
18. Chapter 18 Wish Ganted
19. Chapter 19 Emotional Support Cereal
20. Chapter 20 Want A Taste
21. Chapter 21 Cruelty
22. Chapter 22 I’m Your God Now
23. Chapter 23 Natural Talent
24. Chapter 24 Still Hungry
25. Chapter 25 Hands To Yourself
26. Chapter 26 Hard Lesson
27. Chapter 27 Eyes On Her
28. Chapter 28 Don't Push
29. Chapter 29 Problem Solving
30. Chapter 30 Family Values
31. Chapter 31 Public Perception
32. Chapter 32 Marshmallow
33. Chapter 33 Let Me Have This
34. Chapter 34 The Call Came In
35. Chapter 35 Brace
36. Chapter 36 Don't Wander Off
37. Chapter 37 Where Is He
38. Chapter 38 Three
39. Chapter 39 Outside Perspective
40. Chapter 40 Brothers First
41. Chapter 41 Fourteen Days
42. Chapter 42 No Trust
43. Chapter 43 Tomorrow
44. Chapter 44 I Need Tonight
45. Chapter 45 How Does It Feel
46. Chapter 46 Don't Suffer Brother
47. Chapter 47 Possessive
48. Chapter 48 Ours
49. Chapter 49 Want A Slice
50. Chapter 50 Reality
51. Chapter 51 On Duty
52. Chapter 52 No Rewards
53. Chapter 53 Send Nudes
54. Chapter 54 Cuddle Bug
55. Chapter 55 Showtime
56. Chapter 56 Public Relations
57. Chapter 57 Lobotomy on Order
58. Chapter 58 Step To Me
59. Chapter 59 Updated Orders
60. Chapter 60 Slander
61. Chapter 61 I Am King
62. Chapter 62 Not A Son
63. Chapter 63 Blood Red
64. Chapter 64 The Real You
65. Chapter 65 Itchy Fingers
66. Chapter 66 Unsettled
67. Chapter 67 Arrogance and Tradition
68. Chapter 68 Respect Me Enough
69. Chapter 69 Political Development
70. Chapter 70 Snitch
71. Chapter 71 I'll Handle It
72. Chapter 72 Domestic Bliss
73. Chapter 73 Built for Unstable Woman
74. Chapter 74 Caught On Camera
75. Chapter 75 Fatherly Love
76. Chapter 76 Not Okay
77. Chapter 77 Broken Words
78. Chapter 78 Mistakes and Lies
79. Chapter 79 It Was Fun
80. Chapter 80 Execution
81. Chapter 81 Such A Pity
82. Chapter 82 A Corpse Dressed for Sacrifice
83. Chapter 83 See Yourself
84. Chapter 84 I Do
85. Chapter 85 Smile Cara
86. Chapter 86 Endless Tension
87. Chapter 87 Financially Offensive
88. Chapter 88 Contemplating Homicide
89. Chapter 89 Victorious
90. Chapter 90 Marital Duties
91. Chapter 91 A Catastrophic Mistake
92. Chapter 92 Real Danger
93. Chapter 93 Fight. Fight. Fight.
94. Chapter 94 Movement
95. Chapter 95 Look At The City
96. Chapter 96 The Role of A Wife
97. Chapter 97 100 Meters
98. Chapter 98 I'm Sorry
99. Chapter 99 The Horror
100. Chapter 100 Clinging To Skin
101. Chapter 101 Patient Hands
102. Chapter 102 Not Him
103. Chapter 103 Nice Pillows
104. Chapter 104 What Sleep Swallows
105. Chapter 105 Across The Line
106. Chapter 106 King Power
107. Chapter 107 My Plan
108. Chapter 108 Kings Don’t Break Their Word
109. Chapter 109 The Truth of Action
110. Chapter 110 Promised Violence
111. Chapter 111 To Save Them
112. Chapter 112 A Map Of Proof
113. Chapter 113 Just Time
114. Chapter 114 Hold Me
115. Chapter 115 Black Sheets
116. Chapter 116 Where Is Safe
117. Chapter 117 Replace What Was
118. Chapter 118 Put It Back
119. Chapter 119 Finger Painting
120. Chapter 120 Imagination or Psychiatric Condition
121. Chapter 121 Admission of Feelings
122. Chapter 122 Profiled
123. Chapter 123 Left or Taken
124. Chapter 124 Surrendering
125. Chapter 125 Roots
126. Chapter 126 The Hired Weapons
127. Chapter 127 Enormous and Suspicious
128. Chapter 128 The Bear Fighter
129. Chapter 129 Are You Prepared
130. Chapter 130 Where To Find Us
131. Chapter 131 What If
132. Chapter 132 In The Doorway
133. Chapter 133 Your Story To Tell
134. Chapter 134 There I Was
135. Chapter 135 What Is Cowardice
136. Chapter 136 Marcus Fought A Bear...
137. Chapter 137 Emotionally Delicate
138. Chapter 138 He Wont Play With Me
139. Chapter 139 I Want To Try
140. Chapter 140 Impossible Synchronicity
141. Chapter 141 Never Broken
142. Chapter 142 Delicious Distractions
143. Chapter 143 Nervous People Make Mistakes
144. Chapter 144 Who Understands Me
145. Chapter 145 How To Lure A Mafia Boss
146. Chapter 146 My Monsters. My Men.
147. Chapter 147 My Love
148. Chapter 148 Because I Love You
149. Chapter 149 Dead Line
150. Chapter 150 Unravel You
151. Chapter 151 Multitasking
152. Chapter 152 Cracked Control
153. Chapter 153 Closer Still
154. Chapter 154 Something To Lose
155. Chapter 155 Showtime
156. Chapter 156 Two Halves of the Same Weapon
157. Chapter 157 Hi Boss
158. Chapter 158 Gone
159. Chapter 159 Armour
160. Chapter 160 White Flowers
161. Chapter 161 Hot For It
162. Chapter 162 You're My Wife
163. Chapter 163 Romantic Words
164. Chapter 164 How Husbandly
165. Chapter 165 An Eye For And Eye
166. Chapter 166 A Sentencing
167. Chapter 167 Filthy Hands
168. Chapter 168 Special Delivery
169. Chapter 169 Poor Life Choices
170. Chapter 170 The Prettiest Thing
171. Chapter 171 Hands To Yourself
172. Chapter 172 Mental Stability
173. Chapter 173 Surrender Your Control
174. Chapter 174 Become My Violence
175. Chapter 175 Depravity.
176. Chapter 176 La Madrina Is Here
177. Chapter 177 Mrs Moretti
178. Chapter 178 When Royalty Arrives
179. Chapter 179 A Summons
180. Chapter 180 Proposed Adoption
181. Chapter 181 Newest Admirer
182. Chapter 182 Power and Survival
183. Chapter 183 Moving Plans
184. Chapter 184 Iconic But Scandalous
185. Chapter 185 Tea and Coups
186. Chapter 186 Honesty Made Words
187. Chapter 187 What's Mine
188. Chapter 188 Healthy Working Environments
189. Chapter 189 Not Helping
190. Chapter 190 Marginally Better
191. Chapter 191 Lacking Whimsy
192. Chapter 192 Recently Widowed
193. Chapter 193 The Magic of Cinema
194. Chapter 194 Say The Stupid Thing
195. Chapter 195 Family Dynamics
196. Chapter 196 Just One Day
197. Chapter 197 Let Them Come To You
198. Chapter 198 Power of The Wife
199. Chapter 199 I Learned From The Best
200. Chapter 200 Kingmakers
201. Chapter 201 Colder Than Murder
202. Chapter 202 Dante Moretti
203. Chapter 203 We Monologue
204. Chapter 204 Twelve Hours
205. Chapter 205 Evil Intensions
206. Chapter 206 Morning Expectations
207. Chapter 207 We Broke Her
208. Chapter 208 Poor Leadership
209. Chapter 209 I'm Moving Countries
210. Chapter 210 Inevitable Futures
211. Chapter 211 Catastrophic Betrayal
212. Chapter 212 Before Grief
213. Chapter 213 Expecting Trouble
214. Chapter 214 The King's Chair
215. Chapter 215 Tap. Tap. Tap.
216. Chapter 216 Angry Little Princess
217. Chapter 217 Without Consequences
218. Chapter 218 The Cost of Family
219. Chapter 219 A Signal
220. Chapter 220 How Not to Inspire Loyalty
221. Chapter 221 Who Will Be Remembered
222. Chapter 222 Finish It
223. Chapter 223 The Weight of Legitimacy
224. Chapter 224 Long Live La Madrina
225. Chapter 225 The Spread of Whispers
226. Chapter 226 Who Rules The City
227. Chapter 227 No Longer A Daughter
228. Chapter 228 Character Growth
229. Chapter 229 Absolute Control
230. Chapter 230 New Rules
231. Chapter 231 A Future That Belongs To Me
232. Chapter 232 Epilogue
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