THEY MOCKED THE MAFIA BOSS FOR MARRYING A HEAVYSET ACCOUNTANT—THEN SHE DESTROYED THE MEN SENT TO KILL HIM

her rare first-edition books after noticing the battered paperbacks she kept stacked beside her bed.

He started sleeping in her bed at first for appearances.

Then because he liked the warmth of her.

The grounding comfort.

The way Briana’s presence made the world feel less like a battlefield.

Briana, in turn, had fallen for the monster.

Not because she was continue reading …