Maddening Fixation

Name: Maddening Fixation
Author: O.S. Feathers

Genre: Romance Erotic Crime and Mafia Dark

270 pages

When Juliet’s grandmother died, the will was crystal clear:
She had to marry the eldest son of the most powerful mafia family in the city…
or she would never touch a single cent of her trust fund.
But the eldest son had no interest in her.
His heart belonged to her sister.
He only married her because his own grandmother’s will demanded it—and because he believed her father had murdered his sister. He intended to make Juliet suffer the same pain that had hollowed him out over the years.
On their wedding day, at the altar, he sliced his palm with a blade, let the blood drip onto the white marble, and swore in front of the entire congregation:
“You selfish, worthless little thief…
You are the reason I’ll never have the woman I love.
From this day forward, I vow to make your life a living hell.
I will break your body, your spirit, and your soul until you beg me for the mercy you stole from me.
This marriage is your sentence.
And I swear on my blood, on my name, on everything I am…
I will enjoy every second of your suffering.”
On their wedding night, she learned exactly what kind of husband she had married.
He looked at her with the same cold contempt he’d worn at the altar. “Your sister is gentle. Kind. Everything you are not.”
His gaze hardened. “You will never cause trouble for her. And if you ever hurt her, I will never forgive you.”
So when her sister killed her cat just to test him, and she confronted her with shaking hands, her sister only laughed.
“It was just a filthy cat. Why are you crying like this?”
Then she leaned in, smiling cruelly.
“Go ahead. Tell him. Let’s see who he believes… you, or the sister he loves.”
And when she finally did, he didn’t hesitate.
He stepped forward—again.
Protecting her sister. Just as he always had.
She endured it all. Until the day she discovered she was pregnant.
Hoping—foolishly—that a child might crack his armor, she told him.
Instead, he slammed her against the wall.
“Pregnant? After just once?” he snarled. “You liar. Even for you, this is pathetic.”
But his hatred didn’t end there.
When fabricated evidence appeared accusing her of selling him out to a rival family, he didn’t let her explain.
He simply gave one cold order. “Lock her in the dark basement and make her regret it.”
She screamed.
Begged. Pounded on the door until her hands bled.
Unknown to him, darkness had terrified her since childhood.
He ignored every plea.
And when the truth finally came out and her innocence was proven?
It was too late.
He tore open the basement door to find his wife curled against the freezing floor, bruised, bleeding, and barely breathing.
She slowly lifted empty eyes to his.
“Our child is dead. Is that enough for you?”
For the first time in his life, the man everyone feared felt terror.
He dropped to his knees. “I’ve destroyed you, Juliet…”
His voice broke. “I’ve gone too far.”
But some apologies come far too late.
Moments after the medics rushed her away, his assistant burst through the door.
“Sir… Mrs. Juliet is gone.”
His head snapped up. “What do you mean she’s gone?”
“We’ve searched the hospital. She’s nowhere to be found.”
His expression darkened. “Find my wife. Now.”
The assistant hesitated. “Sir… she’s already gone.”
For the first time in his ruthless, undefeated life, he forgot how to breathe.
The woman he had spent months destroying…
Was the only woman he could no longer live without.
Now the most powerful man in the city would tear apart the world to find the wife he’d broken…