CLAIMED BY THE MAFIA DON
Dinara’s hand tightened on her fork, her knuckles white.
I leaned forward, dropping my voice low, intimate, like we were sharing some sacred truth. “And I believed him. I still do. Loyalty is everything. Without loyalty, there is no family. Without loyalty, there is no us.”
I smiled at both of them, but it wasn’t warmth. It was sharp. Deadly.
The room was suffocating. I set my glass down and laced my fingers together.
“So, tell me,” I asked softly, eyes flicking between the two of them, “what do the two of you think? Is loyalty still sacred… or has it become negotiable these days?”