Story By Simaurore
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Simaurore

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Blood Beneath the Crown
Updated at Oct 13, 2026, 08:11
Five years ago, Vivienne Vale watched her family die.Hidden beneath the floorboards, she witnessed her father’s murder and watched blood seep through the cracks above her. The men responsible belonged to the De Rossi Mafia—the most powerful criminal family in the kingdom.Vivienne survived.She never forgot.Now, at twenty years old, Vivienne has spent years hiding her hatred and searching for answers. She never expected that her chance for revenge would come in the form of a wedding.When Princess Aurélie mysteriously disappears just before her arranged marriage to Alessandro De Rossi—the ruthless Mafia King—Vivienne is chosen to take the princess’s place.Refusing isn’t an option.So Vivienne walks down the aisle and marries the very man whose family she believes destroyed hers.Alessandro doesn’t know who she really is.He doesn’t know that his new bride is hiding a secret.He doesn’t know that she entered his world with one goal:to uncover the truth… and kill him.But the deeper Vivienne gets into the De Rossi empire, the more she discovers that the massacre that destroyed her family wasn’t as simple as she believed.A missing princess.A forgotten royal-Mafia agreement.A dangerous rival.A powerful man hiding secrets of his own.And a royal family with blood beneath its crown.Vivienne came into the marriage seeking revenge.She never expected to find herself falling for the man she swore to destroy.Because sometimes the most dangerous secrets aren’t buried in the past.They’re standing beside you at the altar.
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