Sidu

“nothing but a testament of his ownership of me. A daily reminder of the golden cage I’d be trapped in for the rest of my life. Until death do us part wasn’t an empty promise as with so many other couples that entered the holy bond of marriage. There was no way out of this union for me. I was Luca’s until the bitter end. The last few words of the oath that men swore when they were inducted into the mafia could just as well have been the closing of my wedding vow: “I enter alive and I will have to get out dead.” I should have run when I still had the chance.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“practically raining men.” “Maybe I like being the owner of a lonely heart.” “Really?” She snorts into our eighties laden gab session. “Did it hurt so good?” “No, it cut like a knife.” “Warren was asking about you all night.” Her pale eyes widen. “I told him you were watching a”
― Addison Moore, Beautiful Oblivion