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I’m handed to him in silk and silence.
A bride traded for power.
A vow made for men who plan wars.

Sandro Chiaroscuro doesn’t smile at the altar.
He doesn’t touch me either.
Just signs the contract and walks away—
like I’m already his.

They call him the family’s mad dog.
The one they unleash when mercy is a mistake.

At night, he comes home bleeding.
By morning, he’s gone again.
I learn to clean blood from my hands without asking how it got there.

Somewhere between his restraint and my obedience,
His eyes start lingering.
His control starts slipping.

And my body starts keeping secrets.

I count days.
Hide nausea behind smiles.
Pray the truth doesn’t surface before it’s strong enough to survive him.

Then the war finds us.

Steel bars.
Darkness.
Screams he swallows without breaking.

Until they grab me.

Until terror rips something fragile and forbidden from my mouth—
something that was never part of the deal.

The look on Sandro’s face changes everything.

The chains don’t hold him after that.
The room doesn’t survive him either.

And as blood hits the floor, one truth settles deep in my

I wasn’t married for love.
Or alliances.
Or heirs.

I was married to a man who will burn the world down
for what’s already growing inside me.

Author’s
Destructive Ties is a dark mafia romance series of interconnected standalones.
Each book follows a different couple, but the betrayals—and consequences—carry through the series.

Recommended reading Oath of Deceit → Bonds of Betrayal → Covenant of Loss → Vow of Destruction → Chains of Recompense.

• Lisa Cullen
• Published 1970 January 1st by (first published 1970 January 1st)
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