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Prologue

Lorenzo

The brownstone was always busy these days What with taking over after my father as the Capo dei Capi—boss of all bosses—and the power struggles, loyalties, and disloyalty that cae Add on the constant renovations And the place was overrun most of the day

"That's not acceptable, E as I looked over the proposal fro Five Families in the city

The Morellis usually played nice, did the right thing, didn't fightthem and the D'onofrio faiving rief as possible

I expected the Morellis to co

I should have known better

We all had our own business plans They didn't want theirs upset I got that I illing to co to take scraps from them, either

"I'll talk to Gio," E the paper back "He can reason with his oldbusiness is ever not in demand, not with how much white shit those investor types shovel up their noses," he said, putting the paper in his jean pocket

"Nice belt buckle," ht for the coffee pot

She lived at my old penthouse, but spent just asto be close to the family she'd been kept away from for so many years

"Thanks, I" E off when the front door burst open, cracking against the wall it was thrown open with so , back straightening

Before I could even get toin the doorway to the kitchen

And Santi was co covered in blood

"I want in," he growled

"What happened?" I asked, getting to my feet

"I want back in, do you hearI couldn't tell if it was rage or shock or both

"Whose blood is that?" Emilio asked

"I want back into this Family, Enz," he said, eyes so fierce that there was no way to deny him

"Okay," I agreed, nodding "You're in"

Chapter One

Santi

The casket had been in the ground for a week

I was acutely aware of the fact that both my brother and e I'd been feeling for the past teeks

We'd been legally separated for over a year We hadn't been romantically involved for, fuck, two years before that