Cruel Prince: A Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance by Piper Stone

Author:Piper Stone [Stone, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications
Published: 2021-09-09T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Matteo

Death.

I’d been prepared for the actuality of falling into the darkness of hell my entire life. As soon as I’d been old enough to understand, my father had brought me into his office one dreary day. I’d been nothing but a kid then, although I had enough understanding to know that my father wasn’t like the men my few friends had described. While up to that point I’d never witnessed or heard about the violent nature of his work, I’d heard whispers amongst my teachers and a few of the older kids.

Every one of them had been afraid of me. Even the bigger, stronger boys had left me alone, bullying the other kids whose fathers were accountants or engineers. While I hadn’t understood why at the time, as soon as my father had explained on that day, showing me several vivid photographs of murders his soldiers had committed, I’d finally begun to understand.

That’s the same day I began to hunger for the same kind of power my father had.

And I’d only been nine years old.

The desire had only increased over the years, culminating with what my father had called the rite of passage when I turned eighteen. I’d been required to prove my worth and mental acuity by killing one of our enemies myself. While other boys would have become terrified or disgusted, I’d been enthralled, adoring the hunt prior to the actual kill. I’d never turned the desire against anyone who didn’t deserve the family wrath, but my brothers had shied away from me, no longer treating me as one of their heroes. Now they were exactly the same way.

Maybe I should have fought against my father’s wishes, refusing to accept my destiny. That would certainly have meant an easier life, one devoid of constant death.

Now as I faced my father’s funeral, the larger than life man I’d once respected no longer seemed as powerful in my mind. Maybe I should have learned a hell of a long time ago that everyone had a weakness and that allowed them to become fragile over time. Sighing, I stared out the window of SUV, a soldier driving and Gio riding shotgun in case there were any issues. After all, a funeral was an excellent place to attempt an assassination if our enemies were so inclined.

I felt my lovely bride’s presence as she sat stoically in the seat beside me. She’d spoken very little since my ridiculous eruption in the vineyard, and my subsequent loss of control as I fucked her like some insane beast. I’d barely been able to coerce her to eat dinner. Her stilted actions were understandable but they’d still pissed me off.

As I shifted my head in her direction, she purposely turned away, pretending she was enjoying the passing scenery. I knew better. She loathed me. More important, she was disgusted with herself. We were like two moths floating high above a licking flame, destined to sizzle in the embers after a period of time.

“You look beautiful,” I said after a few minutes.

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