ella

ke a suffocating fish. The shock on her face quickly mo

in the dead silence of the Main Hall. "After everything we'

Persian rug, finally snapped. The public executio

d, the veins in his neck bulging. "

rk, humorless

ward, his heavy hand raised high to strike me down, to beat me

I didn't even

a Moretti Caporegime?" I asked, my voice a b

ze inches fr

"Think what Julian would do to this house, to you, if I returned to him

ery chain he used to bind me, was now my impenetrable shield. He slowly lowered his han

d fabric of my wedding dress. "Let's talk about m

ise. "That money is gone! We spent it

ents," I interrupted smoothly. "

out that the head of the Rossi family is so broke, he has to steal from his dead wife's daughter to pay his debts? That he c

teeth would shatter. Caterina was speechless,

oing in my own voice. "The full amount, plus interest, transfe

ence stretch. I stepped into Caterina's personal spa

ith fear. "You should be asking Antonio about Eleonora Vescovi. About their son, D

stopped b

laying on my lips. "He sacrificed me to put her in a position of power. What make

terina slowly turned her head to look at Antonio, her eyes wide with a terrifying

on the ruins of the Rossi family and walked out

he edge of the estate, slid

asked, glancing at my ruined

e window. The war here was won, but the real ba