Half a Lifetime Later—My Mafia Princess is Finally Mine
His face was so swollen, so distorted by the bruises, that he looked like a stranger.
"No," I choked out, the word catching in my throat, "No, no, no..."
He was tied down to a chair, his arms lashed to the sides so tightly his hands were turning gray. A thick strap held his chest back against the slats, and his chest... God, his chest was stained with nothing but blood, and still trails of dark blood was still splashing onto his lap. Every time he tried to take a breath, his chest rattled, a wet, broken sound that tore through me.