Bound By Blood
My blood turned to ice.
Leonardo Ricci? The name alone carried weight, whispered in fear across dinner tables and back rooms. Stories about the blood on his hands, the coldness in his heart, the way even his allies spoke of him with caution. A man both feared and untouchable. A monster.
And my father wanted to hand me over to him.
I shook my head, words tumbling out in a rush. “No. I can’t. You can’t make me do this.”
His gaze snapped to mine, sharp as a knife. “You will. Because your feelings and choices doesn’t matter here.What matters is survival. What matters is power. And with Ricci on our side, no one dares touch us.”