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ill pulled the door open and vanished in

morning, crying and accusing me of order

would use such cowardly,

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ect and chose a manipulative cowar

legal team and my

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e, the Don of the

orporate glass in New York, an operation whose foundation

rs to bind our bloodlines. It was a contract I honored because s

only reason I allowe

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my eyes locking onto the

sk her who

single, encrypted command to my Soldiers, instructing

back at the heavily g

er rested on the ma

ning he was a mere Associate embedded in a u

nt taste of iron blooming in my mouth, and c

ing room, her gaze pausin

iries on my associate

hair, the old wood gr

ered. "Is the Don of New York not pe

stirred my drink, playing the perfec

ate sound that used to soot

e entitled to exercise your authori

he drink she plac

sion caught her dark eyes darting towa

ior chemist from my university days. An elder requested

e and pressed her on the timeline. "An

fraction of a seco

shifts away from her conservative wardrobe, her frequent

my expression c

amiglia's legitimate fronts or its operation

, and pressed her soft

nd tonight for my grandfather Vincenz

corporate headquarters to

s of the Rossi estate loomed ahea

e and shut the heavy door, a figure

nce appro

hetic suit an affront to the generations of

called out, extending a trembli

y gaze passing over him as if he w

move a sin

irst time a bottom-feeding Associate had dared to cha

und us froz

ened, and he shot a pathet

pped forward. "Why are you trespassi

waving in the air. "The elder sent me

sking in a weak voice, "Have

ed her mouth to sp

. "Do you plan to synthesize formulas out of thin air, consid

deep, humiliated red, hi

tic display utterly boring a

d, grabbing my hand

between us, a physical shield agai

e. "I apologize fo

arp but laced with a misguided gen

instructing a Soldier to escort him ba

een struck and was led by the guards to the l

acted expression as she

mirk as I realized her heart

eaning in close. "And remember, my marital

he needed to understand exact