Commission

What do you do when your father barters you off and makes you sign a blood oath?Plot their demise and take over their empires, of course.It's taken decades, but we've done it. Of course, the matter of that blood oath still sits heavily between us.A promise is a promise. I won't have it said that I don't keep my word, even if I was only twelve when my thumb was forced onto that piece of paper. So, I agree to go first in our circle of friends.The agreement is to marry into each other's families, which will solidify protection, stability, and alliances. This is a good thing.My new fiancée, Cora O'Kelly, doesn't agree.She's feisty, but she will be a spectacular queen for my Bratva.She has a few faults. The biggest one is that she has a weakness for kittens.I can handle shootouts and rival factions. I can even handle the zombie movies she loves-but kittens? That is pushing it.

FrancescaI murdered someone.Pretty sure that's going to haunt me for the rest of my life.I'm trying to make up for it.Be a good person.Live a normal life outside of the mafia.Too bad my father's stupid blood oath is going to come due. ConallWe are in a war that might be impossible to win.It won't stop me from taking the wife I've dreamed of for years.Francesca Santelli has been my obsession for longer than she knows.I've been patient, giving her time for a life, but I'm done waiting.I also might have rigged things so she could be mine, but I'll never tell.Francesca has secrets she thinks she can keep from me, but I will uncover every last one of them.