His Betrothed Marcel dragged time as long as he could, but then, some things were unavoidable no matter how far he ran away from Clara – his betrothed. Lady Clara Louise Alberta was his fiancée – a choice he had no say in. It was a political marriage, one that both sides reap immense benefits from. Clara was a blueblood, descended from a long line of royals – no longer in power – and a ladder for the Luciano Clan to the upper caste of the society, the beau monde. Luciano Clan might be powerful but they’re all known for the wrong things – the mafia. A business built on blood, death, and betrayal, a den of wolves where only the fittest survive – a life he was cursed to by being the son of his father. How does the royal Alberta Clan benefit from this unholy union? Although the monar

