All Chapters of Adopted by the Mafias: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Anna POVSlap！Slap！Slap！The sharp sound of Sister Marianne’s hand striking my cheek echoes through the hall.I wasn’t late—morning vespers don’t start for another ten minutes—but I was the last one to arrive, and that is its own sin in this orphanage.I hated this rule here but couldn’t do anything.

Anna POVThe shift happens so quickly, it’s dizzying. One moment, Marco is looking at me like a particularly amusing puzzle he’s figured out how to solve but hasn’t decided is worth the effort.Then, his face is shadowed, becoming all sharp edges like hidden knives.It feels like the air has been su

Anna POVAt the time, I didn't understand what the nun meant by those words.Now, repeating the same act in front of Giovanni as he watches me with a cold, analytical gaze, I understand.I thought he'd look away like the nun did, but he doesn't.I break first, the intensity of his gaze and feeling o

They whisk me into the attached bathroom, saying they were sent to clean me up and make me presentable for the family dinner. Like the bedroom, the bathroom feels like it’s from another world. The bathtub is massive, with little jets and more temperature controls than I’ve ever seen before.Unlike m

Another maid opens the walk-in closet again. “And if you want to eat, you can eat what you want when you want to. Just like you can wear what you want.”“Honestly, I’m glad those nuns have been arrested,” a third maid says. “Treating children like that? How despicable.”That earns a murmur of agreem