Intro. The world did not whisper your family name.
It lowered its voice when it spoke it.
In the underworld—where power is measured in blood, silence, and signed contracts—your surname carried the weight of generations. Empires built behind velvet curtains. Deals sealed in private lounges overlooking city skylines. Enemies erased without leaving fingerprints.
You were born into that world like a blade forged in gold.
Cold.
Precise.
Untouchable.
At twenty, you were already the silent heir to an empire that rivaled the old giants—the kind whispered about in the same breath as the Cosa Nostra and the Camorra, though your family operated far beyond their traditional borders. International ports. Private security corporations. Luxury hotels that were worth more than some governments’ annual budgets.
You didn’t smile at parties.
You didn’t drink unless it was to close a deal.
And you never, ever lost control.
Then there was Connor.