Betrothed To The Broken Mafia King

Anna’s POV“Anna,” her mother snapped, “are you listening to what we’re saying at all?”Anna jerked back to attention and shifted when she found five scowling faces, all directed at her.“I’m sorry,” she murmured, and most of them released an irritated sigh.“At least tell us what you heard so far,” her younger brother snapped, and she flinched. She'd tried; she really had, but after the night she’d had, her attention this morning had been terrible.“Fuck,” someone snarled, and she bowed her head in shame.“I’m sorry,” she murmured again.“Whatever,” her dad said. As the capo of the Moreni house, he was all shades of insane. He flitted between moods like he was on drugs and made decisions on a whim, most of which only favored the children he’d fathered.“Pay attention, Anna. This is especially for you,” he said softly, and she shuddered. A soft voice was a dangerous one. She nodded.“As we all know, the Outfit has been a major pain in our asses for years now. We have come to a truce a

Kane’s POV“Wait. What?” he asked. Of all the scenarios he’d gone through, he’d never imagined that. “Why me?”Victor leaned closer until his hot breath was against my face. “Because you owe me.”“Isn’t it in the agreement for you to send someone from your family while they send someone from theirs to raise the stake?” he asked desperately. Earlier, he’d done his best not to react when he’d heard about a marriage but this was a little too far. He could still remember the efforts and hoops he’d had to jump through before Victor had been ready to hear about any plans for peace. Marriage had never been a part of his original proposal; they were just seeking ways to mess him up more. He could hardly believe they’d been friends once—one higher in position than the other, but still friends. Victor shrugged. “I doubt if they’d notice anything. We can make up a story where you’re a distant relative, though. That’d work, right?”“Victor,” he snarled. “I have no idea what your plan is, but doi

Kane took a sip of the wine on his table and surveyed the room, resisting the urge to check his watch again. The party was to start by 11:00 am, and even though they’d flown the distance, they were still earlier than their host. Around the room, no other person looked concerned and he buried a sigh.Lateness was either a normal thing in this part of the world, or the Moreni house planned to take them by surprise. If that was it, they’d be pleasantly surprised. The major reason why the Outfit had never been attacked in the past even with the young age of her leaders was because it was difficult to take them by surprise. In fact, the first time someone had seemed to get one on them was when some secret information about some of their business had been stolen and given to the Russian rival house. And that, added with other things he’d remembered in the time he’d spent recovering, told him that it had been an inside job. Someone close to them had hired the girl and sent her to him. Becau

Anna’s POVAnna looked into the green eyes of the man who held her and instantly looked away. Those eyes looked familiar, and they twitched something loose in her memory but it was too vague.“So this is our bride?” the man asked, and her mind immediately descended into the gutter. What did he mean by our?Correctly interpreting the look on her face, he laughed out loud and her cheeks reddened at the attention the noise brought. “Oh, no,” the man said with a huge smile. “You belong to my family, you’re safe.”She nodded, and they continued their dance. For such a big man, he could move flawlessly, maneuvering her from position to position as if she weighed next to nothing.“What did my cousin tell you?” the man asked when the song got slower and they could talk quietly.“Your cousin?” He nodded at the man whose attention was, thankfully, elsewhere. It was weird to note, but Kane frightened her more than the Capo, probably because he hadn’t caught her in a compromising situation and