The Don’s Choice
Everyone knew the next Don’s marriage would not be a love match. It would be strategic. Political. Calculated. The wife of the future Don needed to command respect, produce heirs, host gatherings, manage relationships between families, and represent the empire beside her husband. When Ryder Moretti was informed he would be marrying a woman chosen by his father, he wasn’t surprised. He was annoyed. Because Ryder had always imagined a certain kind of woman beside him. Tall. Elegant. Sharp. The kind of woman who looked dangerous even in a ballroom. A woman who could silence a room with a glance. His father knew that. So as Ryder stood at the altar, hands clasped behind his back, expression blank and cold, he assumed the woman behind the chapel doors would fit that image perfectly. Then the doors opened. And his entire world tilted sideways.
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