Two households, both alike in dignityIn fair Chicago, where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge breaks in new treaty,Where civil blood binds civil lives between.From forth the fatal loins of these two foes,A pair of star-crossed lovers they are not;Whose consummation piteous overthrowsDoth with their love bury their parents’ strife... moreTwo households, both alike in dignityIn fair Chicago, where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge breaks in new treaty,Where civil blood binds civil lives between.From forth the fatal loins of these two foes,A pair of star-crossed lovers they are not;Whose consummation piteous overthrowsDoth with their love bury their parents’ strife.The fearful break of their death-marked vowAnd the continuance of their bloodlines’ rage,Which, but a child’s lifeblood, caught in between,Is now the ink within these pages reads;The which, if you with patient eyes attend,What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.***My Solemn Vow is a dark mafia romance which content may not be suitable to all readers. Discretion and careful consideration requested. My Solemn Vow will
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be written in iambic pentameter, the author just thinks she's funny.The book is in dual, first person point of view, and allows you insight into the minds of both lead characters. less