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Chapter 5

Author: Bagel
"Mr. R...Rafael?"

Sarah, so imperious only moments ago, was now trembling, her teeth chattering.

In an instant, men in black from the Gallo family poured into the narrow clinic.

Sarah's men didn't even have a chance to draw their guns before they were slammed to the ground, the sickening crack of bone echoing through the room.

Rafael Gallo.

The youngest Don of the Gallo family, the man who controlled the entire New York underworld.

Even the heads of the other four families had to respectfully kiss his ring when they saw him.

Just last month, he had announced at a Commission meeting that he would no longer accept any marriage alliances, shattering the hopes of every other family.

Everyone said he was insane.

Who would inherit the vast Gallo empire?

He shrugged off his expensive black overcoat, wrapped it around my blood-soaked body, and scooped me up into his arms.

"Clear the room," he commanded, his voice ice. "Get this trash out of my sight."

Those were the first words he spoke.

His v
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