MAFIA PRIDE: Vows of Blood and Love
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to
I took, the pain in my chest deepened. The world around me moved as if nothing had happened. The streets
part of their
om every Sunday. The old woman who sold the loaves glanced at me and s
't bla
ke a walkin
called home. The moment I stepped through th
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tracks as soon a
is Daddy
to speak, but no words came out.
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y knees and hu
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ped around me, and
hands on a piece of cloth. The momen
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ok my
gs gav
d into the d
loud. It was soft. Broken. The kind of sound that slipped
uried the boy
something sharper, c
days p
et, miser
ne. We all knew the truth wouldn't help. This wasn't a normal murder. This was
rough every conversation I ever had with my father
ould happen. H
he never
e did, in
bag, hidden beneath a false bo
sswords, and something else, drawings. Diagrams o
ept appearing
ic
ther had circled that name more than
k. He's Lord Sa
t, I coul
atching the moonlight
Lord Sampson's empire to the ground. But I wasn't
ded p
ed kno
ded a
all... I nee
wai
got my first
on a Thurs
en who entered the club across the road, The Den. It was a mafia hangout spot. Exclusive.
en I s
i
in the notebook, scar across his right cheek, gold watch
black SUV, surrounde
when I ma
lowed
dis
w to
after
tered a rundown apartment building by himself. I
followe
rettes. I climbed the stairs slowly, step
ear to the do
le
a deep
I kn
ds pa
foots
opened
the
dn't
into his face. He stumbled backward, shouting, but
hed for
it across
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chair and ra
I said. "But the name of
yes, blood trickl
ai
I said. "P
expressio
blade this time, but I s
t bot
is leg, now sl
ere to kil
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orma
I don't
ed in
u what it feels
laughed through the pa
. "I used to be
ll si
t I wanted to know or lose a few te
ose w
rned something I
nside his own circle. Men who feared him. Men who fo
e men... were re
needed
one
ng
edic
way with information. I walked a
er of r
ngs, I could break Lord Sampso
llion ha
ld pay fo
day... someone kn
her coat. Cold eyes.
introduc
rd Sampson knows
me something wr
pped it
ther's broke
crusted arou
oked
man wa