The Don's Ruthless Empire
"I swear to you both, I never knew her face or her name, only her instructions, delivered through intermediaries I could never trace back to a single source."
"Instructions for what," I demanded, stepping closer despite Matteo's hand tightening protectively around my arm. "What exactly did this woman ask of you, Salvatore, and why did you agree to any of it?"
Salvatore finally looked up, and the shame in his expression was so complete it almost made me pity him before I remembered everything his silence had already cost us. "She offered to forgive a debt my father owed the Costa family before Dante's grandfather ever changed their name. In exchange, I agreed to keep certain information from