na's

amily towered into the clouds; it was the pl

cutive floor. Even though my throat still stung from last nig

stopped in

ng on the polished granite reception desk, f

he index finger of her right hand, she wo

immediately fell silent and stood at attenti

spoke coldly, my voic

e of fear, a teasing glint in her eyes. "You must

"Take her ring off and throw her off Vitiello territory. If sh

rved into their bones. Without any hesitation, the

k doors of the conference room were shoved o

ping in front of Chiara to shield her from me. The

ng my ring. She is an outsider trespassin

er. "She makes me more money in one night tha

yield an inch. "You broke Omertà, bringin

es now!" Salv

ised his hand. A gust of wind brushed past,

round, my temple striking the col

he floor. A reigning boss laying a hand on the granddaught

of blood. I didn't get up immediately; I just looked up at the man I had

" Chiara suddenly pretended to limp back against

tely turned to Chiara, his cold face instantl

o see a doctor,"

elevator. He never looked back, not eve

up from the floor. The guards still had their heads bowed-their former

multimedia message from an unknown number. The photo was

s doesn't need a caged bir

affection I had for Salvatore died instantly

ther had built. He stole my empire a