All Chapters of Bound By Mafia Blood: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

The courtyard behind Don Sanchiano’s villa was bathed in sunlight, but the warmth didn’t touch the atmosphere thick with steel, sweat, and precision. Target boards lined the far wall—human silhouettes marked with red ink. The smell of gun oil lingered in the air.Talana’s stance was strong, shoulders squared, her black tank top clinging to her spine with sweat. Her gloved hands gripped the Beretta with muscle memory precision. She fired again, this time a headshot.Beside her, Gianna exhaled sharply, raising her own weapon. Her hands were still trembling slightly, but not from fear, from adrenaline. Lorenzo stood behind her, offering silent guidance with each shot.Massimo paced in the background, watching Talana train with a sharp eye, but his attention kept drifting back to Gianna. Her transformation had started, it was reluctant and slow, but it was real.“You’re still too tight in the shoulders,” Talana called over, reloading her magazine. “Loosen up. Trust the weapon. Don’t let i

The villa was quiet. Morning light filtered through gauzy curtains, painting soft gold streaks across the marble floors. In the aftermath of the port mission, everything seemed suspended—between what had been taken and what had been reclaimed.Talana stood on the balcony outside their suite, her arms crossed, a blanket draped loosely around her shoulders. Below, the courtyard bustled with quiet activity: Lorenzo oversaw the transport of the rescued girls to a safehouse, and Don Sanchiano’s men coordinated data analysis from the ledgers Gianna had recovered.But Talana wasn’t watching them.Her eyes were fixed on the mountains in the distance, where clouds curled low like smoke, and something in her chest ached, something primal, coiled tight in her ribs like a scream that hadn’t yet found a voice.Massimo stepped behind her, silent until he was close enough for her to feel his warmth."You didn't sleep," he said gently."Neither did you."He slipped an arm around her waist. "That was

The coastal wind howled through the ruins of the mansion, carrying with it the acrid stench of smoke and gunpowder. Flames licked at the remains of opulence, burning away silk curtains and gilded mirrors, devouring the shadows that had long haunted the place. What once masqueraded as beauty now lay in ruin, exposing the rot beneath.Talana stood at the edge of the rubble, the orange glow of the fire casting an eerie light across her face. Her hair was singed in places, blood matted along her temple. The heat from the inferno did little to thaw the ice that had formed in her chest. Beside her, Massimo watched silently, letting the moment stretch."He begged," Talana whispered.Massimo nodded. "They all do. When their empire crumbles. When they know it’s over."Behind them, Lorenzo and Gianna moved through the wreckage, helping the last of the rescued girls into armored vehicles. Sanchiano’s men worked like shadows, tying up loose ends, making sure no one left breathing who might try

Smoke clung to Talana’s skin as she ran, breath hitching, blood pounding in her ears. Behind her, the ambush was still raging, fire crackling, bullets tearing through trees like banshees screaming in the dark, but her mind was elsewhere, miles away. She grabbed her earpiece, shouting into the chaos. “Sanchiano base! Come in! Anyone!” Only static answered. Massimo stumbled beside her, coughing, limping heavily. “What did he mean, ‘already done’?” “Pablo,” she hissed, fury sharpening every syllable. “He wasn’t after us. He knew we’d come for them. That wasn’t the real war. They struck where we were weak.” Gianna slid behind them, face smeared in soot and blood. “We have to get back. Now.” “No,” Massimo growled, grabbing Talana’s arm. “We don’t run. If we turn around now, we give them time to vanish.” Talana jerked away, eyes blazing. “This isn’t about strategy anymore. This is about family.” Then Lorenzo’s voice crackled in. “Talana, we’ve got contact from the estate. It’s bad.

The scent of scorched marble still clung to the air as dawn bled into day. The once-grand Sanchiano estate, though wounded, stood resilient. Inside the west wing, Talana stood before the war room table—its mahogany surface now a battleground of maps, photos, weapons manifests, and red-marked territories.Massimo leaned against the far wall, arms crossed, eyes locked on her. She was no longer the girl he had once shielded. She had become the fire itself—sharp, deliberate, and utterly unrelenting.Roberto had survived, barely. Talana’s medical instincts had kicked in the moment he collapsed, and between adrenaline, battlefield sutures, and sheer will, she kept him from slipping away. Now he lay recovering in the private medical suite below the estate, guarded by men Mariano trusted with his own life.“I thought Donatello would strike next,” Lorenzo muttered, pacing. “But he’s quiet. Too quiet.”“He’s consolidating,” Talana replied, her tone all steel. “De Marco failed. Pablo’s dead. Tha