He nods, watching me. “Anyway, you're here because I need you to call a meeting with the circle within the next forty-eight hours. You’ll have to rotate the southern lieutenants. Two are weak. One is corrupt. Replace them quietly and send a message with the third.” I nod, this is still his job but whatever it takes to get him off my back right now. “And then, you find your shadow.” I frown, “My what?” “Your shoulder,” he repeats. “Every Capo dei Capi chooses a man who handles what can’t be spoken of to anyone, not even your right hand. It has to be someone who works outside the table. Someone the others don’t know exists.” This is the first time I'm hearing of this in detail, I deemed the situation a myth when I had first heard of it. “You also had one?” A small smile spreads on his lips and he nods. “Still do,” he says, and I start to think about who it could be. I've always assumed he handled business himself but it turns out he keeps a tight-lipped hunter around. “And
Enzo It's been a week since I've had a proper conversation with my wife, every time I go to the Romano residence she refuses to see me. I even tried leaving my jacket as an excuse to return later but everyone claims not to have seen it while Ma Constantia tells me that Alessandra is using it as a pillow. That means she misses me right? So why won't she come home or spare me a minute of her time? I don't know what to say but a glimpse of her is more than enough for me. I can't sleep without Sasha, it's like I forgot how to function without my wife around, my entire life revolves around her and nothing else seems worth doing at all. “Do you think if I call a meeting she is going to show?” I ask Alessio, ignoring his question about what to do with a certain problem between my dons. “I mean she is part of the younger dons now and they all answer to me while I'm still capo.” “Can you focus,” Alessio sighs, dropping some papers on the table. “Enzo, we need to get this done before lu
My uncle jumps at the threat, and I slip away while he and Enzo start going back and forth over the inheritance and him threatening them all. I sit in my room with Father's right-hand who is now mine? Outside the door. When I pull out my laptop, I connect it to the cameras in the study, but Enzo isn't there. I switch to three other cameras before finding him in the living room with guards. My sisters are in the room too and they're positioned where the hidden microphones are so I can hear them better than I can Enzo, Sergio and Igor.“I will be on high alert,” Sergio says. “They’ll have to get through us before they touch her, Capo.”“I would hope so,” Enzo says, nodding at both of them. “I will be back tomorrow before my flight.”Flight? Where the hell is he going, I hacked his computer and his schedule says nothing about any flights. When he turns to leave that's when I notice the commotion on the other side of the living room where my sisters have been whispering. “No, you ta
“You—” “I don't need this, I don't want this but if I did? I would be great at it. Better than some of you and your beards,” I roll my eyes. Father showed me the ins and outs of this world, Dedushka showed me how to build it while Father made sure I knew how to burn it with a single flame. “Sasha,” Luna warns me too late. There's a knock at the door, and I don't know how long it's been there but when the door opens, it reveals Yana. “What are you doing here?” Mother snaps. “Don't yell at Yana, she's my guest here.” I glare, she can bully me yes, that's fine but I don't want her doing the same to Yana too. “Tell me, what happened?” “Mr Valenti,” she swallows. “The Capo, not the Don. He is here to see you.” “Tell him I'm not home,” I smile. “He knows you're here, he insists that you see him or he won't leave.” “Tell him I'm unavailable,” I tell her, and she nods, leaving the room after nodding. “That is what you should be doing,” Uncle Vito says. “Running a household n
The video starts to play once again, “I know it must surprising that I name my killer my heir but nobody cares more for this family than Sasha, she will be the next Don and will possess seventy five per cent of my wealth, the rest is to be shared among my other chidren and relatives..” he trails off on an unspoken thought. “Alessandra is entitled to everything I was, and no, I was not threatened into this will, I made this will knowing she was coming to end me, I wanted her to,” he says, and I replay the event so much in my head that it makes no sense anymore. “My dear, my Sasha, my favourite son and daughter? I forgive you,” he says, and then he leans back in his seat and takes a drink, watching us until the screen goes black. “Favourite?” Dante frowns. “Come on,” Reina laughs. “Everyone knew she was his favourite, let's be shocked about the rest of his words.” “That’s bullshit,” snaps Uncle Vito, pushing back from the long table so hard his chair screeches across the marble.
Alessandra Father died a week ago, we buried him three days ago and I was going to leave after the burial because people started talking, they started to wonder why I was still here and not in my own house. My pick was Russia, I was going to spend a few days there then relocate to a small island but Mr Corazon, Father's lawyer insisted that I be present for the reading of his will, it was one of his orders to him. I already know who is going to get everything and who gets what because I was here when we drafted his will, so why do I need to sit down and watch my brothers gloat about their new inheritance to my uncles? “Good morning, Sasha.” Ma Constantia greets, me as soon as she sees me enter the kitchen. I look at my Mother and her daughter-in-law, who are in the kitchen, too. Dante has moved in already. “Good morning, Ma Constantia,” I grin. How are you?” “Come here, eat breakfast,” she says ushering me over to the kitchen island. She comes over every day now, I tried to