Till Death Do Us Part

Adelina Corleone was taught that power was something to be carried quietly.

As the Don's daughter, she learned early how alliances were formed, how appearances mattered more than consent, and how women were raised to become negotiations rather than participants. Marriage was never about choice. It was about timing.

She had delayed it longer than most.
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Mikhail Rossi had no such luxury.

He vanished once as a boy and returned without a name anyone cared to remember. In a world built on bloodlines, he survived on intellect alone-calculating, precise, indispensable. He became Consigliere to a rival family not through loyalty, but necessity. Men listened to him because the alternative was worse.

But usefulness had limits.

To secure his position, Mikhail needed a tie. Something permanent. Something untouchable. Adelina Corleone was meant to solve this problem.

Tropes:
Mafia
Illegitimate son
Forced proximity
Arranged marriage
Dark romance
BDSM
Masochist x Dominant