My Forbidden Brother
her voice cracked, filled with a deep, aching empathy.
"As Viktor’s health began to fail, his own captains tried to mutiny," I went on, my voice dropping to a cold, matter-of-fact tone. "They thought a foreigner, an Ivy League graduate, couldn't handle the blood. They were wrong. With Viktor’s backing, I eliminated the dissenters. One by one. When Viktor passed away a year ago, he left the entire Volkov syndicate to me. I took over. I took his loyalty, his enforcers, his underground networks, and his billions in untraceable assets. I didn't let the mafia stay in the shadows, though. I took the entire Volkov empire and systematically merged it with Vesper Holdings. I laundered the blood money