Scorn of the Betrothed

We were promised as a truce…but we’ll burn long before peace ever touches us.

I was born into power and raised to obey.

My legacy demands I marry the daughter of the man who nearly destroyed my family.

A union sealed in blood instead of love.

A bride I despise.

A groom she loathes.

Our wedding is the fragile thread meant to bind two warring empires.

A symbol of hope for everyone but us.

We share nothing except hatred sharpened into a weapon.

She’s a prisoner to her family’s ambition and I’m the jailer tasked with keeping her in line.

She claws at every cage I build, and every furious spark between us threatens to ignite into something far more dangerous.

She wears innocence like armor but I can see the danger underneath.

The closer the wedding looms, the harder she fights…and the more I crave her surrender.

But something about her isn’t real.

Every breath she takes feels like another lie waiting to strike.

She thinks she can outsmart me and that’s her first mistake.

She forgets who she’s marrying.

I’ll be her shield or her downfall—whichever gets us both out alive.

Because in this game of vengeance disguised as vows, the heart is the most lethal weapon of all and mine already knows its target.

Enemies to lovers. A marriage of hate. A desire too dangerous to deny.

Fall into the twisted, addictive world of the Cavalieri Mafia—where loyalty is lethal and love is a deadly trap.