Forged In Fire
A cluster of smaller marks on my forearm from broken glass during a particularly messy extraction.
I traced one of the scars absently, remembering the pain, the blood, the way my father had looked at me afterward.
"You did well, Catarina. I'm proud of you."
Proud.
As if nearly dying was an accomplishment.
I had two older brothers.
Dominic, the eldest, had been groomed since birth to take over the family someday. He was charming, strategic, ruthless when he needed to be. Everything a mafia heir should be.
Marco, the middle child, had been raised to oversee the legitimate businesses—the restaurants, the real estate, the investments that kept our family's wealth flowing and our operations clean
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