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he pauses, choosing his words carefully, “....you’re going to your destiny. I’m going to show you our kingdom, a place where you’re a prince.”
Leon smiles brightly as his eyes search for me. “Mommy, I’m going to be a prince.”
I smile at him, even though it doesn’t reach my eyes. I know everything Asher told him is real, even though Leon doesn’t get it. He doesn’t understand that right now, he is the mafia prince, heir to the Romano empire, and he doesn’t know what that means. He doesn’t know what it entails, the things people will want to do to him, the things he will have to do. The thought makes my stomach turn.