Catherine’s pov My eyes widened as my father’s words echoed around the insides of my head. “What?” I whispered. My hands which had laid motionless in my thighs has began to tremble.“You’d be getting married to the Mafia Don, in exchange for the help he’d be rendering our family, Catherine.” Dad repeated himself without missing a beat and my mouth fell open.His words were just starting to sink in and I could feel my heart start to pound harshly against my ribs.Marriage?!“But… but, I’m not up to nineteen yet.” I whispered in a shaky voice, in case he had forgotten that tiny detail about me like he always does.Here in Italy, daughters from prestigious families are given out in marriage once they’re nineteen. I wasn’t up to nineteen yet, so I had always thought I was safe for now.“Yes, I know that. But you’re already over eighteen, which is all that matters.” He said and then he began to flip through a document on his desk.My heart was still thumping harshly and it was get

“Damien is…” Mum began to speak, her long, manicured fingers patting a bonquet of flowers.“Damien is dangerous. That’s it.” Dad cut into the sentence with a grim look on his face. He was cleaning his gun and shoving it in their respectful spots on his body.“He’s more than dangerous.” Mum paused for a moment. “He’s ruthless, lethal and really, really powerful. When he came into the hideout where the kidnappers had taken Ethan and I to, they had instantly dropped to their knees, that’s how much he’s feared by people.”My skin crawled as I listened to my parents talk about how dangerous the person I was going married off to was, as the hair stylist did my hair up in my bedroom.I was already dressed up in my wedding dress, and my makeup had already been done to perfection by professionals. “He’s the most powerful mafia Don ever to walk the earth. Every other mafia here in Italy knows he has the final say.” Dad continued and I felt fear clog my throat once again.“And you’re gett