A Near Miss Aurora’s knowing gaze, her predatory smile, had sent a chilling wave of dread through Violet,confirming the profound suspicion that burned in the Romano matriarch’s eyes.The carefullyconstructed facade of her feigned illness, her subtle deception, had been pierced, leaving her exposed, vulnerable, at the mercy of Aurora’s relentless scrutiny.The dull ache in herbroken finger was a constant, visceral reminder of Aurora’s brutal ruthlessness, yet theprofound knowledge of her father’s intricate gambit, his daring plan to dismantle powerful empires from within, now pulsed with a new, desperate urgency.Gianni, the elder capo,stood silently beside her, his own forced nonchalance a testament to the pervasive fear that now gripped the Romano household.Aurora continued to scrutinize Violet, her eyes, dark and piercing, searching for any tell, anyflicker of dishonesty.The air in the study, thick with unspoken tension, crackled with the palpable weight of her suspicion. Gian
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