The Mafia King’s Queen
And I had walked straight into it, confident, impatient, desperate.
“How did I fall for this?” I muttered, fury rising like heat. “How did I let them play me?”
“Because you care,” my mother whispered, eyes soft despite her bruises. “And caring is both your strength and your weakness.”
“Like your father.”
Before I could respond, the heavy iron door shrieked open.
A slice of blinding light cut into the darkness.
Footsteps. Slow. Deliberate. Echoing.
I stiffened, instinct sharpening. My mother straightened as much as she could, her posture tense, protective, despite her injuries.
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