Luciano exhaled sharply, a dangerous tension rolling off his shoulders. He glanced briefly over at Luca and Reid, who were standing frozen in absolute shock. They had never seen Rosa speak to the Don with such unbridled defiance. In fact, no one in the underworld—or the entire country—had ever dared to raise their voice to Luciano Mancini like that and lived to tell the tale.“Rosie, they are my kids too, and I wouldn’t settle for anything less than the best for them,” Luciano said. Then, his voice dropped into a low, controlled warning. “We will talk about this later. Let’s eat first, as dinner is ready.”He tried to brush past her, eager to end this discussion and return to the kitchen.“No, Luciano, I am not done yet,” Rosa hissed, stepping directly into his path and forcing him to look at her. “You said you wouldn't stop me and would let me go when the time came. Then what is this? Why are you pressuring my children to carry forward your legacy?”Luciano took a deep breath, his ch
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