Kings of Darkness: A dark mafia reverse harem romance (The 'F' Word Book 1)

Prologue

There’s a fire in me that won’t go out, and sometimes it rises up.

Here’s the curse that comes with being born a mafia princess — it finally flew to my shoulder and landed, with it’s claws piercing into me and its beak stretching open.

I’m being sent away to an old gothic mansion, where I will be sold off into marriage. To a brute. I don’t even know which brute.

As the limo swallows up the road, I huddle in the far back corner, watching Mikey as he expertly drives the stately beast. It’s hard to keep from welling up.

Mikey has been my bodyguard and my driver since I was a little girl in Sunday school dresses. After today, I might never see Mikey again.

I know that one of my brothers is behind this. They both know that I would make a better heir by far to take over the family from Daddy. I would lead the family into new ventures, up to new heights. I would certainly do a better job than either of those spineless wimps.

I love them both, but they couldn’t run a room full of slot machines between them without getting robbed blind every day. The machines themselves would rob them and they’d never even see it.

And I’m the eldest. But I’m not a boy. And anyway, it’s all too late now.

I’m about to become the property of one of three huge, sadistic brutes. It doesn’t make much difference which one, although I know it won’t be the one that matters. The one who will inherit. Anyway, there’s not a thing that I can do about it.

Mikey clears his throat as we pass through the big iron gates that will lead me into hell.

“You’ll land on your feet, Princess.” He clears his throat again. “You always do.”

His eyes glisten with moisture as they flick up to mine in the rear-view.

“I’m going to miss you, though.”