Before the day when Lorenzo officially ascends as the Don, as his lawful wife, I must undergo the baptism of family glory at this sacred moment.Sophia, my stepsister—the "Principessa" adopted by my father—insisted on personally tattooing the "Angel's Eye," the symbol of supreme family authority, onto my back.The buzzing of the tattoo gun stopped. I looked into the floor-to-ceiling mirror, and my blood instantly froze.The "Angel's Eye," which should have been looking down upon the masses, was inverted.In the Code of Omertà, an inverted totem has only one meaning—a police informant, a rat.Seeing the color drain from my face, Sophia peeled off her rubber gloves and blew the ink off the nozzle with a look of utter innocence."It's called deconstructionist art, Elena. Don't tell me you have zero taste?"I grabbed the whiskey bottle from the table and smashed it at her.The glass shattered against the wall, shards grazing Sophia's cheek.In the next second, Lorenzo's powerful hand clamp
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