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The Butcher's Bride
Last Updated : 2025-07-24
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Synopsis
Action
Contemporary
Drama
Contract Marriage
Love after Marriage
Forbidden Love
Dominant
Possessive
Mafia
All Raven Caruso has ever known is blood, bullets, and betrayal. Born into the infamous Caruso crime family, Raven was raised not with dolls or lullabies, but with guns, knives, and a ruthless code of silence. Trained from childhood to be an assassin, she became her father’s most dangerous weapon,and his greatest pride. Jack Caruso doesn’t just want to rule the South. He wants the North, too. But the North belongs to his bitter rival, the Moretti mafia,and standing between Jack and total dominance is one man: Leon Vitali. They call him The Butcher. Cold. Calculated. Lethal. Jack’s solution? A union of blood and power. Raven will marry Leon Vitali. And when she bears his child, the Carusos will strike,wipe out the Vitali bloodline and rule using Ravens child. Raven knows her mission. She's loyal. Deadly. And ready to make her father proud. There’s just one problem. Leon Vitali is supposed to be the enemy. But he’s also devastatingly charming, maddeningly confident, and far more complicated than she expected. With every stolen glance and dangerous kiss, he awakens something in her she doesn’t recognize,something soft. Something real. Now Raven must decide: stay true to her blood... or betray it for love.
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The Butcher's Bride Chapter 17
Chapter 17: Secrets and SinsRaven’s POVA beat passes. The tension thickens like storm clouds. He doesn’t respond.Instead, he takes one final sip from the glass… and then hurls it.The crystal tumbler shatters against the marble wall, amber liquid spraying like blood across bone-white.My pulse doesn’t spike.But my hand still twitches,trained and ready for the blade at my thigh.Just in case.His voice is a growl now, barely restrained.“Don’t lie to me, Raven.”I stare at the shattered glass, then back at him. My voice is cool silk.“I’m not lying.”He steps forward once, twice. His presence is molten and suffocating.“Then why the mask? Why La Rue Noire? Why the questions?”“Because I heard you,” I say finally.The words cut like a knife. They land harder than any bullet I’ve ever fired.His shoulders go still. His expression freezes.“You heard me,” he echoes.“At the party, you were in the balcony below me.”I swallow.“You said things. I don’t know what they meant. But I liste
Last Updated : 2025-07-24The Butcher's Bride Chapter 16
Chapter 16: Blood and VelvetRaven’s POVThe afternoon sun doesn’t warm me.It burns.Leon acts like nothing happened. He strolls around the mansion like he didn’t have another woman in his bed while I stood in the shadows listening. Like he didn’t spill betrayal from his lips before swallowing hers.But I smile at him.Soft. Sweet. Hollow.He doesn’t deserve my rage.Instead, I take my coffee into the courtyard where the vines grow too wild and call Sienna.She answers on the second ring, her voice still sleepy. “This better be important. I just got my lashes done.”“I need a favor.”She sighs. “You always do.”“I need access to La Rue Noire tonight.”A pause. Then a low whistle. “That kind of night?”I say nothing.“I’ll pull strings. You’ll need a mask.”“I already have one.”“Do I want to know why you’re going?”“No.”“Do I want to stop you?”I smile into my cup. “You’d die trying.”She chuckles. “Text me your alias. I’ll get you on the list.”By dusk, my alias is approved.Rosa V
Last Updated : 2025-07-24The Butcher's Bride Chapter 15
Chapter 15 : Velvet and KnivesRaven’s POVThe ride home is silent.Leon doesn’t speak. Doesn’t look at me. His fingers rest on the gear shift, tense and motionless. The blonde is still painted on the inside of my skull like a stain I can’t scrub out.I say nothing. I don’t need to.Because I have plans of my own.When we arrive at the mansion, he doesn’t even hold the door. Just stalks inside like the walls owe him something. I follow at a distance, heels silent against marble. The butler greets us with a stiff nod, and Leon waves him off with a flick of his hand.The second we step into the main hallway, Leon speaks without looking at me."Stay in tonight. Don’t leave the estate."“Why?”His tone darkens. “Because I said so.”I hum, noncommittal.Inside, I’m already slipping on a mask.An hour later, Leon is in his office with the door locked.He thinks I’m upstairs in the bath.He’s wrong.I’m in the garage.Dressed in black, hair down, a blade tucked into my thigh holster. I grab
Last Updated : 2025-07-23The Butcher's Bride Chapter 14
Chapter 14: Silk and Smoke Raven’s POV I’m halfway through a glass of red wine when I hear the knock. Not a timid one. Sharp. Precise. A warning in rhythm. I already know who it is. I don’t say a word. Just stare at the door until it creaks open and Leon steps inside, flanked by silence and shadows. He doesn’t look at me right away. He’s holding something in his hand,a long black garment bag. "You're not the type to knock,” I say, setting my glass down. "Tonight, I felt generous." His voice is smooth, but the undercurrent is sharp. He walks toward me, tossing the bag onto the bed like it’s a wrapped threat. “Get dressed. We’re leaving at nine.” I raise a brow. “Leaving for what?” He finally looks at me then, eyes scanning me with the same detached interest he might give a glass of bourbon. “There’s a party. A fundraiser. Politicians, businessmen, a few people with blood on their hands. Our kind of crowd.” I fold my arms. “Why do I need to be there?” “Because you
Last Updated : 2025-07-23The Butcher's Bride Chapter 13
Chapter 13: Snake in SilkRaven’s POVSienna couldn't find her, it's like she just disappeared. I hold the champagne flute like it’s a live grenade.Even now, the sharp tang of poison still clings to the rim,masked poorly beneath bubbles and imported fruit notes. My hand trembles slightly, not from fear, but from fury.In this house, someone wanted me dead.And I’m starting to suspect I was never meant to leave it alive.Sienna trails behind me, barefoot, her sundress flapping around her knees as she jogs to keep up.“Raven, just stop for a second—”“No.” My voice is ice. “Where is he dammit?”“He’s might not even—”I slam open the double doors of Leon’s study without knocking. The wood smacks against the wall with a satisfying thud.Leon is there. Leaning against the window in one of his pristine three-piece suits, collar unbuttoned just enough to feign humanity. He turns slowly, a tumbler of whiskey in hand, and looks at me like I’ve tracked blood across his marble floors.“Well, g
Last Updated : 2025-07-18The Butcher's Bride Chapter 12
Raven's povChapter : Honeymoon LiesSantorini.That’s where Sienna thinks I should spend my “honeymoon.”Honeymoon.A joke wrapped in white silk and gold-dusted lies.With a man I’ve barely seen since we exchanged rings two weeks ago. Rings that still feel like handcuffs.“I’m not going to Santorini,” I say flatly.Sienna groans, tossing the glossy travel pamphlet on the coffee table. It skids across the surface, nearly knocking over her half-empty cup of matcha.“Why not? It’s stunning. Blue roofs, white buildings, the ocean! You could heal your soul there.”“Maybe when I have a real wedding. A real marriage,” I mutter, taking a sip of my coffee. It burns my tongue,scalding, bitter, perfect.“For now,” I continue, “there’s no way in hell I’m flying off to paradise with Leon Vitali.”Sienna frowns, flipping through a wedding magazine like she’s searching for answers in the folds of a veil. “Do you even want a real marriage?”Her question lingers in the air like the scent of strong es
Last Updated : 2025-07-18
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