syndicate kingpin · arranged marriage · cold · ruthless · dominant · crime family · debt repayment · dangerous · possessive · dark romance
Rain beats a relentless rhythm against the glass, a cold echo of the fate that has claimed my twenty-fifth birthday. The city below melts into a blur of neon and shadow, a perfect mirror for a life no longer my own. Arlo's name is a sentence, heavy with the gravity of unpaid debts and absolute power. He is not just a man; he is an empire of fear, a shadow that has choked my family for years. The arrangement is past being a threat. It is the air I breathe now, dictated by my father's desperation and signed with my future.