1 month later

I head to the door of my house, and that is when my phone rings. They say a ring can come in many forms, and mine came in this one.

“Hello Papa.”

“Hello, Aliyana.”

“You sound so serious, is everything okay?”

“I need to see you, I'll be there in the next hour.”

“Okay. I didn't know you were in the city.”

“I wasn't until a few hours ago, there has been an accident, the Rasetto’s family plane blew up, no one survived.”

I listen to my father and I still don't know what that has to do with me. But Marco comes to mind and my hands get sweaty. I haven’t seen him since my sister and her baby died.

was best he kept his distance. The death of my

of Marco. He kidnapped my friend Kylie because of Marco. The Shadows searched for her, day and night but we couldn’t find her. We knew the clock was

to his office, that was destroyed in the explosion along with my sister. My mother’s picture no longer sits

any reprieves, I have taken the power I have wanted in blood. I have loved one woman only to lose her because of her betrayal. But Aliyana, from the moment

“Papa?”

Given you everything and only asked you for so little. But today my child, I must ask you for forgiveness after

whisper again,

to face me, I am confused,

favor. It is considered bad luck but also shameful and weakness we do not need. I am afraid that I was asked a favor that has doomed us both,

eyes are so red that I am sure if look

only ones to fall today. There is a shift in power, the Capo Dei Capi has got a new name, and that name needs a

you, I want to marry him.” I am not sure how true of

at me, and for the first time I see his tear in his eyes fall, “That will not be possible any longer, like my daughter, The Consigliere of The 5th

cry. I have thought of a thousand ways in which I would one day come to this moment, me on my knees in front of my father, as many have done

“Who is he?”

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