Arranged by the Shadow

Sienna's Perspective:
I never believed in ghosts until Alessandro Moretti stepped into our family courtyard.
He arrived under the guise of tradition, looking every bit the pristine billionaire but carrying the chilling aura of a predator.
In my family, love is a luxury we are denied; our futures are arranged by the hands of our elders..
I could feel the invisible threads of his power tightening around my wrists, anchoring me to a fate I never asked for.
As his dark eyes locked onto mine, a heavy, suffocating shiver raced down my spine under the heat of the sun.
I thought I was simply fulfilling a family duty, completely unaware that I had just been claimed by a monster.

Alessandro's Perspective;
They think this is a business transaction, a flawless execution of their sacred family tradition.
Let them believe it, so long as it puts the only woman I've ever wanted exactly where she belongs under my roof.
Sienna looks at me with wide, innocent eyes, trembling like a dove caught in a cage she doesn't realize I built.
She thinks she is marrying a man of status, a clean corporate elite who fits her family's strict rules.
She has no idea that the shadows she fears are the very things that will protect her from this vicious world.
I manipulated them, pulled the strings, and forced this arrangement because I refuse to let anyone else touch her.
She is mine now, legally bound and beautifully trapped, and I will destroy anyone who tries to take her from me.