Half a Lifetime Later—My Mafia Princess is Finally Mine
I didn't look up, only down.
The hands.
They were huge, the knuckles thick, the skin taut over corded muscle. They were framed by the immaculate cuff of an expensive dark suit jacket and they were covered in ink.
My gaze locked onto the back of the hand pressed just inches from my temple. I saw the complex, swirling blackwork, the design stretching over the knuckles. And then I saw the detail that made the air freeze in my lungs, the detail that had haunted my nightmares.
Right on the back of his hand was a small, grinning face, the evil jester tattoo. The tattoo of a man who played games with pain.