Capo Dei Capi (Secrets of the Famiglia Part 1)
Chapter 8 (Aliyana)
“Tonight, at Azure. I am going to make him notice me, I promise.” I am not sure who I am trying to convince, me, or the ceiling? There is no way I am going to be able to even say hello to him. Even the roof knows that.
“We need to go shopping,” My sister declares, eyes widening with glee. Turning my head, I see further than the front-end smile and big sparkling eyes she is currently staring at me with.
Even now, with the man she wants right in reaching distance, Guilia can’t hide her fear of tonight. Wanting or not, she will become betrothed to a Made-Man of my father's choosing.
Who? I don't know, my Papa has not mentioned it.
After tonight my sister will prepare for her engagement. The only thing that keeps us sane about this night is the knowledge Papa will choose well.
Marco and Deno will be choosing brides of their own, so maybe there is hope for her to at least get what she wants.
My sister is hoping Marco will choose her, but Deno is a better choice, in my opinion. My forehead scrunches into a frown reliving that split second when Marco touched my palm. It was a graze, but I can’t shake the sense it means something more.
This doesn’t bode well for me or my sanity. I wish it was Leonardo who touched me, not the Devil himself with mad eyes.
black before on anyone besides a woman I
a look that held a
my sister, knowing what lies ahead. My sister should get to choose the man she’ll have to wake up next to for the rest of her life. The man who will eventually be the father of her children should be someone she loves, not the one with a big title or
fortunate ones and the unfortunate. For mine, it was my parent’s marriage been
member of the Bratva, Zasha Vasiliev. A Russian royal in the underworld. She was
of the Famiglia, the future heir to
State, or as commoners know it, the Underworld. The most powerful man in the world, and he is undoubtedly a
whether you’re Italian or Irish, answer
nobody knows besides a select few. My father is
marriage between my mother and Papa was negotiated, and after a
and was already a widower before 30. My mother was a young woman with a reputation that made a lot of enemies in
after a few short weeks following their shared