Half a Lifetime Later—My Mafia Princess is Finally Mine
It was a thick, leather-bound book filled with names, dates, and the kind of secrets that kept men in power or put them in the ground.
"The Black Book," I muttered, my fingers tracing the scarred leather.
Every judge we owned, every cop on the payroll, every union boss who owed us a favor, it was all in here. I pulled it out, this was the leash. Without this, Remo was just a kid with a lot of buildings. With this, he was the god of Chicago.
I walked over to a small wooden table and set the book down. Beside it lay a velvet box. I opened it to reveal a heavy gold signet ring, the Lombardi crest, worn smooth by my father and his father before him.