THEY MOCKED THE MAFIA BOSS FOR MARRYING A HEAVYSET ACCOUNTANT—THEN SHE DESTROYED THE MEN SENT TO KILL HIM

was found at the bottom of Lake Michigan.

Four weeks after that, Lucas Castiglione asked Briana Gallagher to marry him.

It was not romance.

Not at first.

There was no candlelit proposal. No swelling music. No ring hidden in champagne.

It was a tactical business transaction, presented with the same cold clarity Lucas brought to territory disputes and hostile continue reading …