Chapter 111

SOFIA

If this was a dream. Except that it wasn’t.

I wasn’t sure if I was really the one listening or not. I just stared, her words went into my ears and settled there. The rest of what she was saying comfortably rang in my ears.

“Our parents would never have given the mob to someone like you. You're too soft, Sofia. Too weak to handle the power and make difficult choices. They would have given it all to me, without a second thought."

My heart thudded painfully in my chest. Was this the sister I thought I knew, or had she been hiding this darkness all along? I had always believed her to be bitchy, but this - this was a whole new level of cruelty. It cut deep, like a knife through my soul, tearing at the very fabric of our bond.

I just listened to her, unable to say anything. A mocking laugh escaped her lips. "I wished they didn’t give that damned man the cartel, it would have been mine. You were weak, Sofia. You held them back. I did what was needed to be done for me to thrive. They