Bound By Blood
“You will. Because your feelings and choices doesn’t matter here.What matters is survival. What matters is power. And with Ricci on our side, no one dares touch us.”
I swallowed the lump in my throat, rage and despair tangling inside me. “You’re trading me like I’m nothing.”
“You are not nothing,” he snapped, standing abruptly. His chair scraped against the floor, echoing in the cavernous office. “You are a De Marino. And that means your life is not yours,it belongs to the family. You’ll do your duty, just as I’ve done mine.”
My knees threatened to give way, but I forced myself to stand tall, refusing to show him weakness. “And if I say no?”