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ut to any other gang for the job. We'll renew our contract with you, even doub

ation, hoping to escape the fate of his colleague who hanged behea

eloping the room in a suffocating haze, and choking his hostage who's been tied to his feet and hanged like a cow sent to the butc

ts of businesses with you, we depend solely on you. No." he continues articulately, "you're all ju

es without so much as looking at his hostage, "Do

head in horror, stammer

ow Mr. Wilson." He turns to look his hostage in the

he calls out, "Get a valuable cut of his vital organs and leave what's left at his doorstep f

It had been weeks, yet his authority remained diminished. Different investors and clients had withdrawn ties with his Mafia, demand for his services from ammunitions to drugs had all dropped, and everything was happen

commanded respect and dread in equal measure throughout Sicily's underworld, except in the presence of one ma

ia clans in Sicily, the De Luca and Russo families had vied for dominance over lucrative criminal enterprises, territorial control and influence within the underworld hierarchy. But nothing fueled their rivalry f

d take his niece, Luna, alongside the Enna territory. Don Rossi had always prioritized power and control above all else, even at the expense of those closest to him. His loyalty lied not with individual family members, but rather with the pr

ame, had been his henchman over the years and had never lost a fight. From a reputation that preceded him as a skilled and loyal enforcer, Rossi recruited Lorenzo into his inner circle, where he quickly rose through the ranks to become one of Don Rossi's most trusted henchme

omertà. He believed it was dishonorable to harm his Sicilian subordinates. This principle alone spared Lorenzo from a gruesome fa

ny tradition that would favor her. If it were up to him, he would present her as a

e, Rossi loved his sister, Carmela, so much that they were inseparable, but he wanted more. Much more, that his siste

could at least call home. Rossi hated her for it – for leaving him to love someone else, for hiding the identity of the child's father, for given birth to her, for running away and leaving her bastard child w

ine affairs they had that almost tarnished his reputation. In his eyes, Luna was not just a niece; she embodied

me, Do

rds walks in, drawing his attention. Don

pling with how to deliver the news without further aggrav