Bound By Vengeance
His gaze traveled over me, pausing on the black dress, and then back up to my face.
“Going somewhere, cara mia?”
My throat went dry. My hand instinctively brushed against the hidden knife strapped to my thigh. “Out.”
He pushed off the door, slow and deliberate, every step a reminder that the room wasn’t mine. It was his.
“Interesting choice,” he murmured, circling me like a predator. “Most brides spend their wedding night in lace. You prefer knives and lies.”
I forced steel into my voice. “Better than chains.”
For a heartbeat, silence stretched between us, taut and dangerous. Then, in one swift movement, he caught my wrist and pulled me flush against him.
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