The Virgin Bride

Corrado POV

The silk tie hit the dusty church floor with a muted slap. I stared straight ahead, letting the priest's sermon wash over the congregation, though my focus remained entirely on the woman seething beside me. The hostility radiating from her was palpable, but beneath my irritation lay a raw, primal urge I had been fighting since morning.

When she had first descended the massive stairc