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Mafia's Princess: Beneath His Protection

Chapter 3 Cross Examination

Word Count: 1680    |    Released on: 08/04/2025

light from her laptop. It was late too late for a

f course

on Casella Logistics. On the surface, it looked clean-just another import/expo

w how to read b

being served a subpoena. One of them had changed ha

idn't believe in this type of

se. They weren't just watching they were le

e'd built. Names, dayes, transactions, offshore accounts. Several trails leading

he board behind her, where sticky

Casella Logistics

ar only that she couldn't real

were barriers. Each one designed to ke

about he

r in court-like he knew exactly what she was tryi

wo

eaking the silence. She grabb

red sharply.

le

t breathing...

her stomach tightening

threats just silence that pissed her off. But th

oss the street, a dark SUV idle

rowed h

ain she didn't

across Luciana's street. The black SUV parked at a distance looked like any o

arco said quietly, eyeing the scree

ainst her window, unaware she was being watched. He wasn't j

exander said. "A message was left last night

rco said unimpressed. "In her line of work and from her attitude its no

His tone dropped, cold and fina

should've walked away after that first courtroom clash.

in court she was sharp, relentless,

dmira

ttrac

t

. cur

e'd never been good at l

kept pulling threads, the whole thing would

couldn'

-

overed in red string and scribbled not

d nearly dropped her coffee.

has touched in the last six months. I want building

re gonna give yourself a stroke when wa

ciana muttered.

ning out? Or

nows when I'm coming. Every time I move, h

"You think Roma

id, lowering her voice . "Or someone

fted unco

iana said. "I don'

s. I t

r board. "Romano's always

midway her e

" Carl

her father's old investigation journal

mports. Rom

ded so familiar she

appeared," she whispered. "It wasn't jus

der. "You think Alexander h

hink he know

to make her want t

smelled like cigars and oakwood. The interior looked like any other

glasses on. He was going t

s been dragged on for too long I'm as

little tightening in his chest. He had

llance photos of Luciana driving

eel the need to drag it out but it ends now before she knows too m

and Fester by myself. I have never let

*

to the Romano build

. She was there fully aware she could

arch. Inside, the lobby was quiet. She held her taser

is was her target she was here

There was no sounds of movement

king of how many charges she was acquiring a

r click

floors. Glass walls. Corporate art. But it was

ing pictures of every and anything left beh

tst

her heart racing seeing as

in the doorway,

elor?" he said coolly. "Now t

she didn't back down. "I sh

utting the door behind him. "Care to tell me

son she didn't feel as scared as she ought to. "Case

ing somewhat amused. "I

er phone in her pocket heading

u can prove

wil

od inche

is stubborn?"

ys this a

ople who break

s hands," she said. "You kno

she was doing this for her father and th

cia

y name like

ld end this case easily. Just forget do

is your tactics, disguising as my saviour. I'd very much prefer if yo

gs. They're for

thout proof. She didn't actually believe it

answer r

disappear. I was only a teenager whe

u know

n't de

was all s

not a mystery, Alexander. When I'm done you

you listen and see I'm trying to help you. I co

isappear like my f

d

g back. But his hand still bu

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1 Chapter 1 Objection Overruled2 Chapter 2 The Devil You Know3 Chapter 3 Cross Examination4 Chapter 4 The leak5 Chapter 5 Storming In6 Chapter 6 Under7 Chapter 7 Lines In Sand8 Chapter 8 Blood and Truth9 Chapter 9 Threat and Betrayals10 Chapter 10 Rising emotions11 Chapter 11 Masks and Motives12 Chapter 12 Threads of Deception13 Chapter 13 Smoke and Mirrors14 Chapter 14 Safe Isn't Real15 Chapter 15 Ties That Bind16 Chapter 16 Pressure Points17 Chapter 17 The Triad18 Chapter 18 Truth Under Fire19 Chapter 19 Inheritance of Ashes20 Chapter 20 The Board Awakens21 Chapter 21 A House of Glass22 Chapter 22 Bloodlines and Barriers23 Chapter 23 The Poisoned Crown24 Chapter 24 Ashes and Oaths25 Chapter 25 Shadows Rise26 Chapter 26 The Fire Returns27 Chapter 27 Lethal Weapons28 Chapter 28 The Ink Beneath the Skin29 Chapter 29 The Price of Truth30 Chapter 30 Echoes and Airwaves31 Chapter 31 Shadows of Allegiance32 Chapter 32 Smoke in the Halls33 Chapter 33 Threads That Snap34 Chapter 34 Fractured Lines35 Chapter 35 Lines in the Sand36 Chapter 36 Veins of Power37 Chapter 37 Family38 Chapter 38 Ashes and Chains39 Chapter 39 Ashes in Their Veins40 Chapter 40 Lines in the Sand41 Chapter 41 The Taste of Ashes42 Chapter 42 Crossfire43 Chapter 43 Collateral44 Chapter 44 Remnants45 Chapter 45 THE WOMAN WHO RETURNED I46 Chapter 46 THE WOMAN WHO RETURNED II47 Chapter 47 THE PRICE OF MERCY48 Chapter 48 WHAT SURVIVES49 Chapter 49 PUBLIC FACE50 Chapter 50 A LETTER TO MY LITTLE STAR.51 Chapter 51 TERMS OF EXIT