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Caterina.I almost jumped out of my skin when someone knocked on the door, startling Maria and I. The knock came like a gunshot.I had flinched so badly that the coffee in my hand sloshed against the rim. Mafia stiffened beside me on the couch, her brows drawing together as we both stared toward the door.Another knock came. Much more firmer this time, and less patient.Who the heck could that be?I set the mug down, my heart pounding so hard for reasons I couldn't name yet. Maria stood up before me, crossing the room in quick, soundless steps. She cracked the door open, peeking through it with the wariness of someone who wanted to get this over with as fast as possible.Then she opened it fully.It was him.Luca.Dressed in a dark suit. Hair still slightly damp from the shower, and with no expression on his face except that usual mask of command and control. His eyes flicked from Maria to me, resting there just long enough to make my throat tighten. “You should get ready,” he said.

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CaterinaI could feel it in my bones... that kind of chill that wasn't just about how low the temperature was, but rather about the power that came from every... no, that was too much... most of the men in this place.Old, ruthless power.It stepped into the marble floors, clung to the velvet chairs, and hung in the still air like some sort of whispered threat.We were ushered to a seat at the long, polished table in the room that looked like it had once belonged to a kind. There were portraits of long dead men lining the walls for reasons I couldn't even think of.Who would want a dead man to preside over their meetings? Were they set in some sort of old ways that required them to call upon the dead men for wisdom or shit like that?To say the whole thing was disturbing was kind of an understatement. I hasn't said a word since we entered. Neither had most of the other men at the table. Only Luca’s voice cut through the silence now, and then... quite measured and confident... as he e

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Caterina.The moment the meeting ended, I was out of there.Faster than an animal in heat.The heels of my shoes echoed way too loudly in the marbled corridor as I walked as fast as I could without breaking into a full sprint. My hands trembled slightly, now curled into fists by my sides. I couldn't even bear to look back.Not when I was pretty sure Luca was right behind me, or at the very least, a few paces behind. Certainly I could not look at those men in the room.I needed to be away.From their stares, and the horrible words they utter whenever they thought I was not looking or not listening. From the heat that had risen in my cheeks when that man had called me a pet... A fucking pet.How dare he?And then Luca’s voice had thundered through the room in my defense.He had done a good thing. That was for sure. But I was still reeling from the fact that I hadn't been allowed to speak for myself.How are they so...Ughhh.I didn't even have the right words to use for them. It was t

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All Chapters of Stolen by the Mafia Boss: Chapter 51 - Chapter 53

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