This is a list of character you will meet in this book. This is just for your ease. You can come back to this chapter for a quick recap of who is who.
Tikhon Kuznetsova – A tall, muscular man with a handlebar moustache. He is extremely cunning, ruthless, a rule follower and business-oriented. He gave a lot of business to the Siago Mafia Syndicate (SMS) and became the Supreme Boss. He never let anyone else handle the auction ring.
Stephan Borisov – A rat-faced man of average height, bulky and extremely intelligent. His only flaw he is a racist and a misogynist. He is the consigliere of SMS. He works for whoever is the boss and takes care of the finances of SMS.
Nika Kuznetsova – An anorexic woman who is extremely beautiful and sophisticated. She is the arranged wife of Tikhon. She is more of an arm candy for him.
Yekaterina Kuznetsova – Daughter of Tikhon and Nika. A naïve girl who has no idea what her father does. She just knows that she is super rich and can get anything she wants at any given time.
Aurora Anya – A beautiful brunette whom Tikhon bought in the first-ever auction of SMS. She is his Odalisque (slave).
Afanasiia Kuznetsova – Daughter of Tikhon and Aurora. A teenager who is trained to become the most ruthless killer the world has ever seen. She is known as the ‘Heeler’. She kills people by stabbing them with her custom-made heels.
Vittore Venturi – The leader of Fina Cosca based in Finauldo Island. He is a rugged-faced man who believes the world is grey. Nothing is wrong or right. Everything depends on perspective. The only goal in his life is either to become the supreme boss or to make one of his sons the supreme boss. His job comprises bid rigging and vote buying.
Vicktor Volkov – The extremely tall, bulkier man who at first was Afanasiia’s bodyguard. He later gets promoted to Vittore’s consigliere. Everyone is scared of him because of his reputation of being brutal and loyal to a fault.
Narciso Venturi – The elder son of Vittore, extremely handsome but a hedonist. He is always in competition with his brother. What his brother wants, he gets. If not, he snatches it. He has more slaves than anyone in SMS.
Michelangelo Venturi – The younger son of Vittore. A kind, sweet man who has a hidden vicious side. He does not want to kill but enjoys it. All he wants from his life is to get away from the life of blood and drugs, but that life keeps pulling at him.
Renata Zyanya – A tall, gorgeous girl with an athletic figure, diamond-shaped face who works in a small advertising firm. She is an orphan. She does not even know what the mafia world is really until she gets thrown in the midst of it and gets sold like some cattle.
Hazel Walker – A civil engineer who is the best friend of Renata. They both live with each other and will die for each other if the need arises.
Valentina Brown – A fashion designer who is a close friend of Renata. She too lives with her.
Ambrosia Zoro – A software engineer, the richest among the friends of Renata.
Sameeksha Malhotra – The heart of the group, a doctor by profession, and the mother of the house where she lives with Renata.
Leonide Babineaux – The leader of Frenwan Cosca based in Frenchrwan Aunia. A funny man of short height but extremely capable in all kinds of combat. He is the gun king of SMS. He can make jokes out of any gun shooting, any killing. He is responsible for the gun smuggling business.
Vito Milano – A coffee addict, working as consigliere of Leonide. He takes care of the arms and ammunition business for him and also takes care of the financial books of Frenwan Cosca.
Violette Babineaux – A beauty with brains, wife of Leonide. She often helps Leonide and Vito in their business but no one knows about it as in SMS, intelligent women are frowned upon.
Aurelie Babineaux – The elder daughter of Leonide and Violette. She has brains for business, but she knows Tikhon won’t approve of her.
Renart Babineaux – The spoil brat of Leonide and Violette. He is the younger child and extremely pampered. It has been fed to him since his birth that he is going to be the supreme boss.
Vikentiy Vasiliev – The leader of Ceanba Cocsa based in Rusgal Ceanbaof. He is extremely charming and somehow, he can control every leader of every cosca with just his smile. He has been ageing like fine wine. He is the only one who treats his slaves with love and respect. He is the biggest loan shark in the world.
Aziel Anderson – The smart-looking, bespectacled man who is the consigliere of Ceanba Cosca. He is an IT genius.
Olya Vasiliev – Gorgeous wife of Vikentiy. She is known as the leader of the wives of Coscas. She is a party animal and often brings all the wives together to enjoy away from their husbands.
Sorokina Vasiliev – Teenage daughter of Vikentiy and Olya. She is studying away from the mafia scene and has no idea what her parents do. Just like her mother she too is a party animal.
Octavius Carter – The leader of Caspian Cosca based in Caspian Nyqua who had a chiselled face that goes with his chiselled chest. The most handsome leader of any Cosca and women are crazy about him. Many women don’t mind getting bought by him. He is responsible for the Protection racketeering and extortion part of the business.
Kubo Kayo – A tall, stoic-faced man who rarely showed any emotions, an expert in martial arts, a mechanical engineer who works as consigliere for Caspian Cosca.
Serenity Carter – The humble wife of Octavius. The way he treats her, she would die for him without a single thought. A true Christian, she keeps praying for her husband and does charity work to help her husband.
Marcellus Carter – The elder son of Octavius and Serenity. He just wants everything to come to him on a silver platter. He never wants to work for anything.
Treyton Carter – The younger son of Octavius and Serenity. He is a little more intelligent than Marcellus but still not bright enough to take over SMS.
Zhao Zhaohui – The leader of Monda Cosca based in Mondia Fesia. A short-tempered man of short height with a full head of hair. He is known as the shedding king as his hair keeps falling everywhere he goes yet his head is full of bouncy hair. His cosca comprises of assassins and killer as kidnapping and murder falls under them.
Dominique Abel – The muscular man expert in operations of any and every business. He can map a route in seconds. He is known as the human GPS and works as a consigliere for Monda Cosca.
Zhong Xiang – A cunning woman married to Zhao Zhaohui. She is the secret whisperer. Because of her, her husband became the leader of his Cosca. Now her mission is to make one of his sons the supreme boss.
Zhao Xiaojian – The elder son of Zhaohui and Xiang.
Zhao Changming – The younger son of Zhaohui and Xiang.
Zhao Guang – The youngest son of Zhaohui and Xiang.
Ishida Masayuki – The leader of Limiri Cosca which is based in Thobhu Limiri. His one look could instil fear in people. He deals with the drug business and has a strict rule that no one from his cosca would ever use it.
Fan Cheng – An extremely intelligent chemist who works as the consigliere of Limiri Cosca. His nose is extra sensitive. With only smell, he can tell what someone put in any drink or any food.
Ishida Kazumi – The wife of Masayuki who worked as a model in her youth.
Ishida Yoshiro – The extremely capable son of Masayuki and Kazumi. He is the front-runner to become the new supreme Boss.
Michelangelo knew he could not go to her office without any reason. And he would not have a reason without her ideas for his ad. When she would send him the samples, only then he could talk to her.He waited for two days but she didn’t reply to him or even try to make contact. his hands were itching to make a call and ask for updates but she asked him not to follow him. He didn’t want to force a relationship on her.He simply sent her a message asking for an update about his AD campaign. “Hey! You were supposed to send me a few samples for the AD. I am still waiting.”She didn’t reply to him for hours. He had to finally snitch to her boss, Angela. “Hi! This is Michelangelo Venturi. I was looking for updates about my project.” He knew Renata would get scolded but he wanted to hear from her. Even if she would be angry, he could take it. He just wanted to hear her voice.He kept staring at the picture of her panty th
The machine gun was firing at the gate. The metals kept clanking and clinking and ricocheting off the gate. One guard was lying down on the ground, dead. Another was firing his gun by hiding behind the gate. The main gate was half-open, half-closed. Severino had to save his boss.He jumped out of the car, hid behind the SUV’s door and started firing in the direction of the machine gun. The sun was facing Severino making it difficult for him to see who was firing. He could only see a semi-truck that had a machine gun mounted on it.The lack of police was a bane as well as a boon for the mafia. But at that moment Severino wanted the police to come. He wanted anyone to come help him save his boss. His mistake, he forgot how skilled Michelangelo was.Michelangelo jumped from the car and grabbed a gun. He kept shooting at the semi-truck and ordered everyone, “give me cover.”“What? No!” shouted Severino but by that time Michelange
Severino jumped on the truck to see what Vicktor was pointing at. Vicktor had lowered the shirt of the man who was shooting at them and his bare back was staring in his face. “What the hell?” shouted Severino when he saw the word ‘Odal’ branded on the back.“That means he was a slave?” asked Michelangelo.“Yes, a slave, a slave bought and branded in the Auction Ring. He was sold by us and he attacked us on someone’s orders,” replied Vicktor.“Sev! Check the other two men,” commanded Michelangelo.Severino jumped off the truck and went to the driver's side. He took off the driver’s shirt and gasped when he saw Odal branded on his back. The same was the case with the passenger-side goon. He too was an odalisque, he too was a slave. “What is happening?” asked Severino. “Who dare hit us with our slaves?”“Slaves are expendables,” said Michelangelo. “That’s why people use them.”“He is not wrong,” said Vicktor.“What do we have here?” suddenly a female voice attracted their attention. A
Michelangelo was eagerly waiting for the call and his phone rang. He happily looked at the screen thinking it might be Severino or Renata but it was his father, Vittore Venturi. He groaned as he saw the name. they were going to ask him about the attack. It was sure that Vicktor would have informed them about the same. “Yes, Dad,” said Michelangelo. “Are you okay?” asked Vittore. “Yes, Dad, I am fine. One of guards is dead and one is injured. Other than that we are fine,” said Michelangelo. “I don’t care about others, I care if you are okay,” snapped Vittore. “They worked for me, you should care about them. They had families too,” scolded Michelangelo. “You and your bleeding heart. That will hurt you one day,” said Vittore. “Most parents praise their kid for being kind, not like you. You always taunt me. It’s a good thing, dad. Do you want me to be like Narciso?” asked Michelangelo. “In today’s world, you need to be like Narciso,” said Vittore. “I don’t want to be like him, a n
Renata could not sleep the whole night. Her heart kept aching. She knew she had to send Michelangelo away but why was that hurting her? She kept sighing and exhaling loudly while trying to sleep. And when she would fall asleep, he would barge into her dreams, kissing her, touching her making love with her. What had he done to her?She was extremely tired when she woke up, she couldn’t sleep well. Her eyes were still drooping when she came out of her room after her alarm screamed for two whole minutes. She needed caffeine. All her friends were still sleeping. She kept opening her eyes to see better but they would keep drooping.While scratching her head, she walked into the kitchen and kept the water to boil. She was not going to spend time making coffee, she didn’t have the patience. Today, instant coffee would do. While the water was boiling, she slept standing near the kitchen slab.“What are you doing?” suddenly Sameeksha’s voice
Yoshiro was irking Renata. He was trying to get close to her which she didn’t like. He made her touch his chin and neck when all she wanted was to get away from him. What shocked Renata was when Yoshiro asked about Michelangelo. Thank God! Angela walked in at the right moment or she would have taught Yoshiro some manners. “You know him?” asked Renata to Angela. “Yeah, we had a video chat in the morning. He is the client I told you about. I was just concerned when I saw a lot of people standing outside. What happened to him?” asked Angela. “Nothing! And if he is the client I am not working on his campaign,” said Renata and walked out of the room. “Ren! Renata!” shouted Angela and tried to run after her. But then she had a client to tend to. “Will you be, okay?” “Yeah, yeah, I have fresh clothes. Don’t worry,” said Yoshiro. “Please wear those and I will meet you in my cabin,” said Angela. “Um… Ms. Renata left her jacket. Could you send her back?” “I can give that to her,” said A
Renata kept staring at Yoshiro while he was being escorted by security. He turned to look at her and flashed a devilish smirk at her. She gritted her teeth at his defiance. He was being thrown out of the company that too shirtless and he was still smiling, Renata could not understand his expressions.And why was he asking about Michelangelo? Was Michelangelo that famous or Yoshiro was simply his competitor? Was this an example of corporate espionage? Renata kept thinking. She had to ask Angela about what it was. What was the product Yoshiro wanted an AD for?Her whole body was reeling with anger. Every muscle on her body was tight due to clenching. She wanted to kill Yoshiro for kissing her forcefully. And what the hell was he talking about, sex slave? She was an independent woman, she was never going to be anyone’s slave. She would kill that man who tried to make her a slave.She then stared at Angela with squinted eyes. Her cheeks were red with anger. He
The soft orange light woke Renata up. Her alarm was still sleeping but she woke up. The chatter in her brain didn’t quiet down. She was still thinking about Yoshiro. She was thinking of punishing him but how, she had no idea. Should she complain to the police about sexual assault. But where was the proof? Instead, she physically assaulted him, she bit his lips and there was blood. Maybe everything would backfire. She took a deep breath and walked to her balcony. The soft morning light mixed with mildly cold air hit her face. They were like an elixir to her senses. The chatter in her brain quieted down. As she woke up early, she thought of exercising. While she was doing push-ups, her alarm started ringing and she knew it was time to get ready for work. She first took a bath to get rid of all the sweat and while in her pyjamas she came out of her room. Sameeksha and Valentina were making breakfast. She went to help them. After having breakfast and she made sure that she would drink a