He stole me. Imprisoned me in his shadowed cathedral to demand I bear his heir.

Quince "Hunch" Romano.

He's a monster carved with scars; a man who believes love is a weakness. He says our temporary union is only a means to end a war that stains us both. He built a gothic cage around me, but what he doesn't know is that I see him. I see the flicker of something more beneath the beast. He thinks he's my captor, but I'm drawn to the darkness that consumes him, the pain that etches his soul. He wants my body, but I crave his heart.

Can I break through his walls, or will his shadows swallow us both whole?

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Hellfire Mafia is a loose retelling of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Act 2 also has Beauty and the Beast vibes, while Act 3 evokes Romeo and Juliet—but with a HEA.