The Don's Ruthless Empire
Then Matteo turned toward Adriana, and my heart climbed into my throat.
"There is one more name owed the truth today," he said. "A woman whose mother served my family and was forgotten by it. I will let her tell you herself, if she is willing."
The room turned toward Adriana as one, and for a moment she did not move at all, her jaw tight, her hands pressed flat against her thighs like she was holding herself together by will alone.
"My name is Adriana Basile," she finally said, and the surname landed in the silence like a stone dropped into still water. "You do not know that name. You are not meant to."