ra

wn next to Leo, gently taking

t the angry shape of fingers was stil

to attend to," I murmured, bru

y with Daddy?" he asked,

is broken," I promised h

before I rose from the sofa. I walked to my private study, the

ulled out a burner phone, and dialed a

y. "Clara?" Her voice w

nts," I instructe

g pipelines for the Syn

nsider it done." I heard the r

arter," I added, my eyes fixed on the sprawling estate grounds

minutes," M

my heart beating a frantic, ir

r. "The money was siphoned into a sh

asked, my grip tightening

i," Mia read t

fying certainty

king the most sacred law of Omerta. He w

nd it to my secure serve

other number. Vincenzo,

t and gravelly, bearing the w

econd. "Retrieve the documents my father entrusted to

a heavy mantle. The word-Donna-had not been spoken in reference to me in four year

held the power button. As it came to life, the scree

ranco is furious with you. Do no

a scoff and walked over to

heavy steel wall safe, and

I reached inside and pulled

x crest of the

cy in my hands, feeling

tching Franco wear a crown that belonged to me. The weight in my hands was not just paper-it was the reckonin