"I n – never wanted it to come to this," Dad whispered. "I tried so hard to back out of it... So hard. I thought I would be able to play them at their own game. To save you, before they got their claws into you..."
He trailed off his sentence, shaking his head.
"You bargained with my life," I quivered. "You took a risk with your own daughter's life..."
"You don't understand, Zara..." Dad quivered. "If this doesn't go ahead, it'll cause a war. A war that we won't be capable of dealing with. This is the Mafia, Zara. They don't play around. I would rather have you alive... Than in a casket."
He took his head into his hands, burdening his shoulders.
"So you're going to let him marry me?" I croaked. "You're going to let this twisted bastard have his way with me? God knows what he could do to me, Dad..."
My eyes fogged with tears, as my surroundings continued to spin around me.
Feeling hollow.
Empty.
Worthless.
Feeling like a dead woman walking.
Feeling like I would be better off six feet under the ground, than living a life like this.
Living a life in fear.
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Beauty and the Beast: A Dark Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance
RomantikusThey say if you keep dancing with the devil you'll get burned. I'd been destined for hell my whole damn life. Living a life of sin, hurting so many people who didn't deserve to be hurt. Except she was the opposite of me. She was like an angel. Who w...
