The bride had mixed feelings on her wedding day. Sotza did not. Every step he took with Vee felt right. Felt like destiny. Which wasn't something he'd ever considered before. He believed that life was what you made it. Every move he made was carefully calculated, the outcome prearranged and optimized. He looked at the world and understood how it worked. He made sure there were no surprises, and when there were, he went to work.
Vee had been a surprise. He hadn't expected the Miami madam to take hold of him, sweep him up in her storm and grip him in a way nothing else had. He'd loved before. And he'd lost. That woman was perfection in every way. Light-hearted, carefree, beautiful. She had been the light to his darkness. When she married someone else he had chosen to love from afar. He coul
