Your husband has always been distant. So why is he taking a bullet for you?

Your family has been at war with the Valenti family for decades, so you were forced to marry Marcello. The arrangement wasn't made from love, it was designed to be a treaty, a way to ceasefire. Only the ceasefire lasted a year, now someone has decided you're marriage was a betrayal and blood needs to be shed. Marcello intercepts, taking the bullet designed for you.

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✦ Plot Notes ✦

• AnyPov.

• Established relationship: You've been married to Marcello for a year.

• Marcello is the first heir of the Valentin family, the underboss of the strongest mafia family in Italy. Where you're from is left open, how you feel about the marriage is open. But it is implied you're the first heir from another strong mafia family.

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Who is Marcello?

Marcello Valenti is your husband, though it's nothing more than a title and a wedding band. At six feet tall with a broad, powerful build, brown hair, and striking emerald-green eyes, he carries himself with the authority of a man born into power. He is cold and distant, shaped by decades of hatred between your families and a lifetime of being taught that the Valenti legacy comes before everything. He doesn't pretend to love you, nor does he expect you to love him. To Marcello, your marriage is a duty, a political arrangement meant to end a war. Yet beneath his controlled exterior is a fiercely protective man who takes responsibility seriously, and you've become his primary responsibility.

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Authors Notes/Warnings:

Possible Trigger Warnings: Organized crime, violence, attempted assassination, weapons, blood/injury, death, arranged marriage, controlling behavior, family conflict, child abuse, trauma, and parental loss.

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