A Promise of Protection

VICTOR

I spent the entire evening tracking my new wife from the corner of my eye. I watched every forced smile she gave to the capos, every rigid nod she offered to the underbosses. She played her part, but her body betrayed the pristine mafia-bride facade. During our first dance, she vibrated with a terror so potent it practically seeped into my own skin. She had trembled like cornered prey unde