Bound By a Promise

<p>Due to my birth order as a child of the Luciano famiglia capo I'm used to second place.</p><p>Second son.</p><p>Second in standing.</p><p>Never number one.</p><p>It's the way my life has always been.</p><p>Only in the dark alleys private clubs and seedy establishments am I respected. Not just as the consigliere to my brother the new capo of the Kansas City Famiglia but also for my unmatched skills with a knife and my particular skills of interrogation. This status is as high as I will achieve. First place will forever be out of reach.</p><p><br></p><p>Camila Ruiz is the younger daughter of Andrés Ruiz a top lieutenant in the Roríguez cartel. From the first moment I laid eyes on her I knew I wanted her. She is too young and fragile though to be with a man like me a killer and criminal. I don't deserve a woman like Camila. Taking her would ruin her.</p><p><br></p><p>With the newly established alliance between the Luciano famiglia and Roríguez cartel I ask for the impossible and promise my life. With the blessing of my capo and the Roríguez drug lord Camila is to be mine.</p><p><br></p><p>For once I will be first in another's eyes. And Camila will always be first to me.</p><p><br></p><p>What happens when the fragile alliance is tested?</p><p>Can I keep my promise to my wife and my oath to the famiglia?</p><p><br></p><p><em>Have you been Aleatha'd?</em></p>