All Chapters of Taking the Throne: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

“Hey, behave.”Lorenzo Corleone moved hard against me, thinking I was joking.“Mmm…”His performance in bed satisfied me, and I couldn’t help letting out a soft moan.The next morning, I woke up in bed.The air still carried the lingering scent of desire mixed with champagne from last night. I got up and walked toward the cabin door to pour a glass of ice water.However, through the half-closed door, I heard Lorenzo on an international call with Angelina.Angelina’s voice came through, unable to hide her excitement.“She really agreed to transfer the inheritance to me?“Lorenzo, are you sure she’s completely out of it? That woman crawled out of a pile of corpses!”Lorenzo let out a mocking laugh, his tone full of certainty and arrogance.“Angelina, she’s so mentally weak right now that she can’t even understand the accounts.“I’ve been doubling her dosage every day. The only thing on her mind now is sleeping with me. Nothing else.”Laughter came from the other end.I swir

Chapter 2

Ever since I was young, I knew that in the cannibalistic world of the mafia, only absolute ruthlessness could keep you alive.So I climbed my way up over countless corpses and became a monster in everyone’s eyes.However, standing out too much is never a good thing.My stepmother, Darlene, and Angelina have always seen me as a thorn in their side.For the past twenty years, Darlene has sent assassins after me again and again. And Angelina, to seize territory, threw my trusted men into the river.I constantly reminded myself that I needed to take the don’s ring of power as soon as possible and crush them both under my feet.I never dared to relax until a year ago.With ruthless methods, I took over the largest underground casino on the West Side of New Haven, called “Gates of Heaven”.It was the money-laundering base Angelina had long coveted, and also her stepping stone into the core of the family’s power.When I cut off her path, she went mad with jealousy and swore to make m

Chapter 3

I pretended, gladly accepting every deliberate attempt Lorenzo made to lure me in.In the noisy casino, the hidden underground fight club, on the balcony, the couch, out in the open…As the way he looked at me grew more and more certain, I pretended to fall for him.After all, a prey delivered itself to my door. There was no reason not to take it.When I brought him back to my private villa, Lorenzo began testing my limits like crazy.He searched through my study, trying to steal the password to the core business vault. However, I was already on guard.He spent half a month and found nothing.Since he couldn’t get the core secrets out of me, he changed his strategy.That night, before we got into bed, he handed me a pill.He leaned close to my ear, coaxing, “Anna, this enhances pleasure. Take it, and tonight you’ll feel unprecedented bliss.”I took the glass.After years of surviving in the family, I immediately recognized that the pill had a banned substance added to it.

Chapter 4

Lorenzo’s head tilted to the side, and a trace of blood immediately seeped from the corner of his mouth.He covered his face, his eyes filled with shock and pain.He probably couldn’t understand how someone so mentally weakened could still have such strength.“Are you crazy? How dare you hit me?”I slowly cupped his chin and warned him coldly, “Lorenzo, don’t push it.“After a year of playing, have you forgotten what you really are?”The affectionate look that was always in Lorenzo’s eyes flashed with a hint of panic for the first time.This foolish man thought I had been poisoned into stupidity by his pills during this year.My clarity and indifference today made him feel, for the first time, what it meant to lose control.The car came to a steady stop outside the iron gates of the headquarters estate.My stepsister, Angelina, stood arrogantly at the gate with several capos loyal to her.She caught sight of the slap mark on Lorenzo’s face, froze for a moment, then burst int

Chapter 5

Angelina’s legs trembled violently, and she collapsed onto the expensive carpet.Father swept his gaze coldly across the room. The capos who had been shouting just now fell completely silent.“You really thought I was sick, and the family would fall into the hands of fools like you?”I threw a thick ledger at Angelina’s face.“You think the businesses you swallowed were actually profitable?“They were all losses I deliberately created. Not only did you gain nothing, but you also saddled the family with thirty million in black debt.”I pressed the remote, and three major real estate projects appeared on the big screen.“While you were still feeling proud over those tax-evading casinos, I was already using my time with Lorenzo as cover to secure the next ten years of the business landscape.”More than half of New Haven’s federal judges and district attorneys had been turned into my associates.What I built was an unprecedented underground empire spanning both sides of the law.

Chapter 6

Luis’ expression instantly shifted from ferocity to disbelief.He demanded to know why his men had turned on him.“Boss.”The mercenary leader lowered his gun, dropped to one knee, and respectfully saluted me.“The deposit has been received. We’re awaiting your orders.”I took a slow sip of wine.“For the past year, every cent I spent went into their private accounts.“I used three times the black money to buy out the ace force you were so proud of.”I set down the glass and slowly stood, walking step by step toward Luis.With a swift motion, I drove a dagger straight through his palm, pinning him firmly to the table.His scream echoed through the hall.Darlene trembled all over, stammering as she began to beg for mercy.“Annelise, I was wrong! I’m your mother. I raised you!”Expressionless, I pulled out the dagger and cleanly slit Luis’ throat.Blood sprayed like a fountain across Darlene’s and Angelina’s faces.I calmly pulled open my collar, revealing several old, jag

Chapter 7

The night Lorenzo was carried back, Don Corleone punished him severely as well.I thought this pampered heir would finally face reality.However, I underestimated a madman’s obsession.A month later, on the anniversary of my mother’s death, I went to a private cemetery on the outskirts to pay my respects.Since it was a private trip and I didn’t want my mother’s resting place disturbed, I brought only two trusted men.I placed a bouquet of white lilies in front of the cold gravestone and was about to turn around.From behind the tall evergreen trees, more than a dozen fully armed mercenaries quietly emerged.“Bang! Bang!”My two men instantly drew their guns, but the enemy’s firepower was too strong. They quickly fell into pools of blood.Using the gravestone as cover, I shot three mercenaries in the head with precision.Just as I was about to break through, a familiar figure stepped out.It was Lorenzo.“Annelise, don’t struggle.” He stared at me, his gaze burning with a s

Chapter 8

I looked at his humble yet crazed expression and couldn’t help but laugh.“Lorenzo, you’re nothing more than a toy I use when I’m bored.“Let me go. Otherwise, I guarantee that everyone in the Corleone family, including your father, will be chopped up and fed to the fish.”At the mention of his father, Lorenzo paused for a moment. Soon, however, that trace of fear was swallowed by deeper madness.“Impossible!” He completely lost control, tearing open his robe and revealing his firm chest.“As long as we do it enough times, you’ll become dependent and fall in love with me!“Annelise, you can only love me!”As he muttered, he roughly pulled at the strap on my slip.Bound by chains, I couldn’t break free.I took a deep breath and forced down the murderous urge rising inside me.I stopped struggling. When his urgent kisses fell on my neck, I deliberately let out a soft, sweet gasp.Lorenzo’s movements froze.He lifted his head and looked at me in disbelief.I looked back at hi

Chapter 9

Three days later, the Corleone family’s operations in New Haven suffered devastating blows.I completely cut off Don Corleone’s smuggling routes. Then, several of his key subordinates were found dead in the streets.Faced with absolute force, the Corleone family had no ability to fight back.To preserve the last of his bloodline, Don Corleone abandoned all dignity.He came to kneel outside my estate, carrying the full transfer documents of the Corleone family’s assets.He declared that from this day forward, the Corleone family would become a subsidiary of the Cosa family.For generations, they would pledge loyalty to me.As I sat on the leather sofa, flipping through the transfer agreements, the anger in my heart finally settled slightly.I had Lorenzo returned to his father.The man once known as the most beautiful figure in the underworld was now nothing more than a cripple, stripped of what made him a man.Seeing his son’s condition, Don Corleone wept.However, he did no

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