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The Underboss's Secret: Ten Years Of Obsession

Author: Big Kahuna

Chapter 1

Word Count: 1141 | Released on: Today at 21:19

e syndicate sweatshops jus

her still treated me l

other tried to force me into an arrange

your brother is a dea

nd leased my bedroom to a syndicate associate, l

ed to Dante, the ruthless future Don

I chose a vow of silence because my childh

hrough a decade of bloodshed, steppin

ss pawn, abandoned by my blood and in

a dangerous transfer to a hostile casino terr

my own empire and

moment I disappeared, the cold-blo

oxic family cowering in the hallway, and mobili

pte

ena

eavy in the air. Across from me, a matchmaker was negotiating the terms of my sale

across the threshold. The café's VIP room was his unofficial office-ne

quiet finality and spoke to the room at large. "Y

ted air, and a swallow caught halfway down my t

e man standing

k wool so finely tailored it see

left eye, a line of pale silk stitch

rboss of the Ne

the fut

warehouse fire a decade ago-an act of salva

r chair, the blood draining from her features

ology for trespassing in his private r

hisper a venomous hiss against my

the command, lock

appease my mother, to forestall the in

t my ideal husband would be a man of quiet habits,

ing in my gut. I had, of co

icily four years ago, moving through t

st time I was se

and settled upon me. It wa

held only a profound and unnerving stillness-the kind a man le

avement. But I caught it-the briefest flex of his fingers against the rolled

rhythm against the rolled schem

as not an absence of noise, but a pa

sure began to buil

ing, and suggested to the matchmak

om pulsed in my veins, a fran

e heavy wooden doors, moving past the imposing fi

as E

childhood

and on his chest, a gesture of such famil

er perfume displaced the scent of coffee, filling t

he matchmaker, she announced that Dante had c

her expression a stu

voice weaving a tapestry of Capos' names and weapon shipme

nding, a ghost

he blood-soaked countr

nd intimacy, sent a jolt through my mem

o be the

a fortress of thre

-rumors that Dante and Elena were a bonded pair, thei

, suffocating moment I c

that felt like swall

a willing shadow, to clear the path

not push E

in the hard line of his jaw, and informed her in

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“I spent my life working the syndicate sweatshops just to keep my family afloat. But my mother and brother still treated me like a disposable asset. To pay off my brother's gang debt, my mother tried to force me into an arranged marriage with a violent, widowed Capo. "If you don't do this, your brother is a dead man. You owe us this." When I refused, she slapped me across the face and leased my bedroom to a syndicate associate, leaving me completely homeless in the pouring rain. With nowhere to go, my thoughts drifted to Dante, the ruthless future Don who saved me from a fire ten years ago. I had loved him in secret for a decade, but I chose a vow of silence because my childhood best friend, Elena, claimed him as hers. I had watched her cling to his side through a decade of bloodshed, stepping into the shadows so they could rule. I thought I was nothing but a worthless pawn, abandoned by my blood and invisible to the only man I ever loved. So I packed my battered duffel bag, accepted a dangerous transfer to a hostile casino territory, and vowed to never return to New York. I chose to build my own empire and live for myself. But what I didn't know was that the moment I disappeared, the cold-blooded Underboss went completely feral. He kicked down my old apartment door, left my toxic family cowering in the hallway, and mobilized an entire death squad just to bring me back.”