154. Lorenzo
This was not how I had planned the night to end. My marking night wasn't supposed to end the way it did.
I had envisioned it differently—perfect, memorable, the kind of night that would be etched into my mate’s heart forever. I had done everything possible to ensure that nothing went wrong. I had stationed guards at every entrance of the packhouse, making sure no one suspicious got in.
But who would have thought that Marissa would appear out of nowhere? Of all the people I would have been wary of, it was never her because I had even forgotten about her. Athena had healed me.
Marissa—my past. The woman who once meant everything to me but made sure to leave me in tarters. Worse than she had found me.
Years ago, before I had power, before I became the feared Mafia Lord I wa
