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Taken by the Mafia King

Chapter 3 Angel at the Auction

Word Count: 1190    |    Released on: 10/01/2024

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ecian columns lined a long foyer as I walked toward the ballroom. Yes, a fucking ballroom. Riccardo Marino's grandfather had built this place back in the early nineteen

cardo's rise to power some thirty years ago saw the end of their reign. Now, the man threw his fancy parties and sat o

entered and l

r ma

e he gave me a quick up and down. Perhaps he was looking for a weapon. Perhaps

ng him a twitch of a smil

y in a room full of enemies. Even on a night like this, where alliances were made between families who normally loathed each oth

the Marinos' annual Rose Ball. And

friend for many years, chirped somewhere

my shoulder. I rolled my eyes to his, then to his companion, a man I assumed was part of the Alphonsi fami

reeting, mustering a

fitting over his wide, overweight face. He

't you see the resemblance?" It was obvious Carmine had no plans to introduce me to whoever he was talking to. It was also obvious my looks had nothing in common with the Alphonsi family,

laugh behind me, b

this year." I tilted my head as I looked down at

with a wave of his hand.

being a night where rivalries and grudges were set aside, the entire ballroom hummed with nervous energy as I stepped past my cousin and walked deeper into the crowd. How

spoke in a low voice. "Why aren

yway, let them see me." Let them all see me. Let them

isk of bloodshed or the cops showing up. That's what the Marinos were good for these days. They had a strongly rooted relationship with the authorities here in Jersey that he

in the center of the crowd. Red paddles with black numbers w

mafia in some way. Say someone snitched on his Don-the wife and daughters would be taken and sold, just like that. Or someone who paid for the protection of a family could have his daugh

Tommaso asked as he handed me a p

dragged onstage in little more than a black chemise. She wasn't the one, so I ignored her, turning m

ight now. I glanced at Riccardo briefly as he sat on his gilded throne before turning back to the stage just in time to se

me that this on

shoved her forward. She fell onto her k

iar scanned the crowd before she locked her gaze with mine. Even from a distance, I saw tears clinging to her dark l

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1 Chapter 1 American Dream2 Chapter 2 My Blood Runs for the Family3 Chapter 3 Angel at the Auction4 Chapter 4 Mano Di Morte5 Chapter 5 Less Risk, More Reward6 Chapter 6 I'm Not Interested in You7 Chapter 7 I'm Your Daddy Now8 Chapter 8 Please Help Me9 Chapter 9 Gabriele's Girls10 Chapter 10 Don't Waste Your Breath11 Chapter 11 Don't Make a Sound12 Chapter 12 An Unexpected Lifeline13 Chapter 13 Let Her Starve14 Chapter 14 Daddy's Princess15 Chapter 15 She Fell For It16 Chapter 16 Find Him, Then Let This Go17 Chapter 17 You've Been a Bad Girl18 Chapter 18 Killian in My Bedroom19 Chapter 19 Can I Come In 20 Chapter 20 Who Are You Here For 21 Chapter 21 Sera's Knight in Shining Denim22 Chapter 22 I Don't Need To Be Saved23 Chapter 23 Kissing Death24 Chapter 24 Taste Her Fully25 Chapter 25 A Shred of Kindness From an Unlikely Source26 Chapter 26 Coming In Hot27 Chapter 27 Black And Red28 Chapter 28 I'm Free29 Chapter 29 He Wanted Me To Leave30 Chapter 30 Ricci Versus De Luca31 Chapter 31 What Is He Waiting For 32 Chapter 32 Let Her Go33 Chapter 33 Sera Escapes34 Chapter 34 Why Did You Kiss Me 35 Chapter 35 I Owe You36 Chapter 36 Retaliation And Promises37 Chapter 37 Sera Says Too Much38 Chapter 38 You Know How To Play This Game39 Chapter 39 Life Father Like Son40 Chapter 40 Don't Like To Share41 Chapter 41 Sleeping With My Enemy42 Chapter 42 What Have I Done 43 Chapter 43 Olivia Extends a Lifeline44 Chapter 44 Andre's New Dame45 Chapter 45 Sera's Request46 Chapter 46 Tommaso in the Theater Room47 Chapter 47 Putting Emma in Danger48 Chapter 48 Fred's Offer49 Chapter 49 Poking The Bear50 Chapter 50 The Truth Comes Out51 Chapter 51 Sera's Dead52 Chapter 52 Diavola53 Chapter 53 Gin Martinis54 Chapter 54 Diamonds Under Pressure55 Chapter 55 Nonna Knows Best56 Chapter 56 A Finger on the Coffee Table57 Chapter 57 King Of Philadelphia58 Chapter 58 I Sold Her Out59 Chapter 59 Your Weakness is Showing60 Chapter 60 A Naughty Girl61 Chapter 61 I'll Behave62 Chapter 62 Another Day, Another Raid63 Chapter 63 Now We're Cooking64 Chapter 64 All Hell Breaks Loose65 Chapter 65 Longing for an Old Life66 Chapter 66 Lunch with the Hand of Death67 Chapter 67 I'll Sell You68 Chapter 68 Sera Goes Over the Wall69 Chapter 69 Sera Loses Her Mind70 Chapter 70 I Want the Bianchi Girl71 Chapter 71 Married to the Mob72 Chapter 72 A Desperate Marino73 Chapter 73 Killian's Wrath74 Chapter 74 Smart Guy75 Chapter 75 You Belong To Me76 Chapter 76 Chosen By the Hand of Death77 Chapter 77 No One Messes with the Family78 Chapter 78 Mrs. Ricci Wants Me Dead79 Chapter 79 The End of an Era80 Chapter 80 This Feels Real81 Chapter 81 Cozying Up82 Chapter 82 Dance With Me83 Chapter 83 Everything Comes Crashing Down84 Chapter 84 In the Back of an SUV85 Chapter 85 Born Into This86 Chapter 86 Unreasonable Captor87 Chapter 87 Tracking the Enemy88 Chapter 88 Sale of the Century89 Chapter 89 Rescued 90 Chapter 90 Vacancy91 Chapter 91 Can She Trust Francesco92 Chapter 92 Face Off with the Traitor93 Chapter 93 Never Mikey94 Chapter 94 What Am I Looking At 95 Chapter 95 Nothing Can Be Done96 Chapter 96 Distractions in the Aftermath97 Chapter 97 Heartbreaking News98 Chapter 98 Remember Who You Are99 Chapter 99 Birthing A Baby100 Chapter 100 All Of You