It was supposed to be business.
If you are a highly sensitive reader, this one might not be for you.. **Blood Always is book 3 in The Five Families Series but can be read as a standalone.** Warning: There is a very small trigger warning on this one.
Something that tasted like obsession.
Taking us from enemies allied by a strategic marriage to something dark and consuming.
The moment our paths collided, our lives were altered irrevocably.
To end the debilitating torture of the unknown.
To kill him.
To kiss him.
I wanted to launch myself at him.
The worst part? I wanted to experience whatever it was Matteo had to offer, and I hated myself for it.
Rip open my layers until all my pretty secrets were scattered at his feet.
He would annihilate me.
A majestic tidal wave of temper and domination looking to break on my rocky shores.
There was a ruthless storm that raged in his oceanic gaze.
I saw his alluring authority as a threat.
He saw my untamed independence as a challenge.
Matteo De Luca was vicious claws sheathed in refinement and class.
I would bind myself to the man whose family tore my life to pieces.
I would give up my independence for the Lucciano Family.
An arranged marriage was hardly a sacrifice when I would have already been long dead had it not been for them.
I owed them everything.
My father\'s mafia outfit had saved my life.
Two families, one wedding, zero emotion.
It was supposed to be business
