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Dakor bucks at the chain. Ferrari yells. “Papa, stop!” Godfather continues. “You stupid boy. We have rules. We kill for business, for territory, for respect. We don’t rape priests and leave evidence. You didn’t just cross a line, you left a trail. The church. The police. The public. They all want our heads now. Because of you.” “T-Trail?” Dakor mulls. He’d raped Jonas, crucified him, and wiped off his trail before leaving. So what is Il Padrino talking about?

As I returned to the manor to pack my luggage, the door to the study was pushed open. Gina walked in, holding a black ledger bound in lambskin. That was the core secret of the Corleone family—the "Black Book" recording every money laundering channel and every bribed official. "Leaving so soon, Elena?" Gina smiled with a look of pure innocence, yet her hands moved quickly to shove that heavy ledger deep into the luggage I had just packed.

I place her back down on the lawn, and she crawls off for to both her Abuelas. I take the three beers off the tray for Aldo, Luca and my father in law and head over. They accept them gratefully, and Aldo hugs me. He kisses me on the head. “Aldo has told me about the book,” my father in law says, beaming at me. “You haven’t stopped.” I go slightly red. “Thank you, dad” I say. “I guess I needed an outlet while staying at home.” “It’s magnificent.” Luca beams. “Sophie also told me about the book. She enjoyed it, especially because it's a Mafia romance…”

Clarissa tries to console her boyfriend. "I think so, too. You see, I had a simple, normal and loving family, but everything has changed when my father joined a Mafia organized group, and when he finally became the head of "La Famiglia" which is infamously known as the "Godfather." Michele continues retelling his family background. "Have you tried talking to your father and mother?" Michele nodded before he speaks again.

However, only after seeing that scene with my own eyes did I realize that six years of devotion were all a joke. My father, Antonio Corleone, was a man the entire New York underworld respectfully called “Godfather.” He built the Corleone empire from nothing. Every dock, every port, and every prime stretch of real estate in the city—half of it bore our name. He was ruthless, decisive, and a man who made no mistakes. Yet, with me, he was different. He never let me stain my hands with blood or witness the darkness of the world we lived in. He raised me proud, clean, and untouched by the grime of the streets.

"Why would he be loyal to Eros anyway? Everyone acts like he's some kind of king, but I don't get it. Nobody's explained to me what he does for a living." Ophelia laughs quietly, but her smile fades. "You're not joking, are you?" "Not even a little bit. Is he in consulting or something? Was he a local politician?" "Sort of a combination of the two." Ophelia chews her lip for a moment. "You've seen The Godfather, right?" I shrug. "Sure. Marlon Brando. Offer you can't refuse." "Exactly. Eros runs a family like that." "Like... what?" My eyebrows slowly raise. "The Corleone family?" Ophelia just stares at me as I slowly put the pieces together.

I've had some pretty vivid fantasies of my Godfather, that's one thing that I will admit. The man oozed dominance, mystery and sexiness that rubbed off on any female. I'd enjoyed those subtle touches whenever he would place a necklace around my neck, the way his fingers seemed to linger on my waist a second longer than necessary when we pulled away from our hugs and the way that he would give me this intense look as if to whisper to me that it was our little secret.

I stand next to him. " What did you do to her again?" I ask him. His blue eyes turns to look at me. He looks lost in thoughts. One thing I'm grateful for is, we don't look alike. But when it comes to personality, we're almost alike. Well, he was better I think. My dad chose him to be the Godfather of the mob. He had the guts and was recklessly ruthless. He doesn't give a shit about anyone, humanity included. And he was likely my older brother so it's his birth right.

He gestured to the spread of food, the steaming meats, the golden bread, and the crystal carafes. "Before you take your seat," he commanded, his voice dropping to a low, dangerous purr, "serve me. Then, you may serve yourself." My blood boiled. I am a god, a ruler of the deep dark, yet he expected me to fetch his bread like a common footman. He didn't just want a guest; he wanted a broken spirit. I stood like a statue, the air crackling between us in a silent war of wills. I was determined to outlast him, to stare him down until the sun died. But then, my own body betrayed me.

He simply looked at me and started talking, and something about the directness of it, after so many conversations that had circled the truth without landing on it, made me lean forward without meaning to. "The Godfather," he said, "is not a name. It's a designation. A title used inside a network that has been operating beneath pack politics for longer than either of us has been alive." He held my gaze steadily. "They don't claim territory. They don't sit on councils or hold formal rank. They move through the existing structures of power, through alliances and debts and the kind of influence that doesn't appear in any official record. They make things happen by making it appear that nothing i