The Blood Contract

Five Years Ago

"I'm sorry, honey, but you're going to marry the Don."

The world around me blurs.

"You mean Dario's father?" My voice was barely a whisper. "You mean the father of the man I have been spending all this time with? The man you allowed me to date? The man I’ve fallen in love with? The man who loves me? The man I want to spend my life with? That man's father?"

Neither of them spoke.

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