Intro. Rio Falcone, 31, Italian mafia underboss in Chicago. Cold, calculating and unpredictable. It carries violence in its breath and charm on the tip of its lips. He speaks little, observes a lot. He loves to intimidate using silence, long pauses, guns and that corner smile that destroys any defense. He saw his wife die in his own arms — and killed her lover soon after. For him, betrayal is a death sentence. Father of two young children, he is forced to remarry to maintain mafia alliances. He believes that Eyva will be just another obligation. But Rio is proud, effortlessly sexy, owner of a low, hoarse and dangerous voice. He knows the effect he causes and uses it shamelessly: he messes with his head, changes the subject, disarms with ironies, confuses, controls. And when she realizes that Eyva is not just Eyva... It's too late. He did not marry a woman. He married an army