All Chapters of The Vicious Scent Of The Mafia's Black Rose: Chapter 81 - Chapter 84

“Mom, when will we get all of the Dante family's properties? We have already transferred everything from the Santinis,” Leopard asked, his voice laced with both curiosity and the subtle impatience of a man who believed he had waited long enough. He sank into the plush armchair opposite his mother, his legs crossed like a bored prince.Tiger was already there, bouncing his knee as if trying to shake off an invisible pest. Elizabeth, however, remained completely still. Her eyes were glued to the television, though the screen flickered with an old news report none of them truly cared about. Her right fingers steepled absently around the mug she held in her left hand, its contents long forgotten.“Mom?” Tiger prodded with a raised brow. She still didn’t look at them. Instead, she chewed on her bottom lip, clearly deep in thought.Finally, she exhaled through her nose and muttered, “There is nothing I can do about it. Francesco has not been declared dead yet. According to the will, the cou

FrancescoThe veins in my head throbbed as if they were trying to burst through my skull. I groaned, my lids fluttering open against the blinding, gritty light. Pain stabbed through my temples, sharp and unforgiving. I squeezed my eyes shut again.A low moan escaped my lips as I rolled over, clutching my head. My hand brushed against something cold… skin. My eyes snapped open. The mattress beneath me was soft—too soft for where I thought I should be.I dragged myself upright, slow and unsteady. The pain ebbed slightly, enough for me to scan the room.A modest wooden stand leaned beside a worn brown door. A few personal items—a comb, a small bottle of body oil, a tin of cream—were scattered on it. A broken mirror clung to the opposite wall, barely reflecting anything coherent.The yellow walls were dull and flaking, the ceiling above cracked and broken in patches. It was the kind of place people abandoned… yet here I was. Alive. Awake. In this forgotten house with…I turned toward the