Capo Dei Capi (Secrets of the Famiglia Part 1)

"Marrying you is a guaranteed death sentence to Sartini's daughter. You know how he feels. The Famiglia won't be happy with your sudden choice of bride, no matter your fucking reason. I say she is fine where she is."

"Why, because she's a half-breed? Just say it, brother!" I stare at the bare grey walls, a mirror to everything that surrounds this entire fuck up we in.

"I am not going to say what you already know. Wait for the Moretti girl, have a son. Once you take over from DeMarco, divorce her, hell, force a marriage with Sartini's daughter. I don't care. But, right now, I am not in the mood for another war. Remember Vince and Lucca? All over fuckin' pussy, look where that ended up? 6 years of fuckin' headaches. The damage it has caused our family, still is causing our family, look at what Lucca did to Amariya, Mischa."

My brother is acting logically. That is Deno, always thinking of everything from all angles. But logic is my brother's strength and weakness. And that will be his downfall.

I am proud of him, he turned out better than the rest of us. He is the wiser out of my father's 5 children- strong, brave, intelligent, and deadly. The things we need to survive in our world.

Now we were down to four.

I get up and walk toward the glass windows looking at just one of the Cities soon to fall on my shoulders. The weight of it all has been sitting on my shoulders since I got back from the Navy. Taking over territory is one thing, ruling an entire Continent is another altogether. I never wanted to be the Capo.

I never wanted the life gifted to me on my birth.

Refusing it wasn't an option, but life had a more challenging road for me when it took the decision out of the equation. I am not sure when I decided to tempt fate and landed up with all of it.

But here I am, the un-wanting heir, the Future King of Kings, and all I can think about is a face of a girl in a green dress, standing barefoot in a glass cage staring at the stars with a challenge in her gaze, yet so lost, empty.

you remember the day when we first saw her? How old was she?" I ask

where are you going

that man. You said she wouldn't, but she did. Do you recall her

killing him was logic. He killed her mother,

I

He holds her in high regard. Everyone knows she's his favorite, but he puts her life at risk as is. Aliyana doesn't deserve the fate you want for her, or the one her father has thrown at her, and she certainly doesn't deserve the fucking

a person kills your parent, their life and death belong to the first child. Sartini was teaching her. How many women in

one of them, but Aliyana isn't the

the ones in Manhattan and Canada, consider her family. They will be loyal to her no matter what. Aliyana is

herself, barely out of her teens. You think you are going to convince our father that Sartini's daughter is going

agree. You know how he feels about

who gets too close. But, Sartini will never let you marry his daughter, especially if he finds out you only doing it for gain. He has given her a choice, and whether he likes it or not,

needs protection. I can't do it like this much longer. Lucca is looking for Mischa, and Amariya has disappeared, probably hiding in fuckin' DC again.

me ask you something, when your tongue was down Aliyana's throat, did it cross your mind that you would have to marry her for life? The Bratva won't take likely their own getting divorced by us. They would want you to bare an heir or two."

"Yes, I have."

future heir to our family? Which needs to be 100% Italian! Which was the reason we asked for Moretti's granddaughter." Deno comes to stand next to me as we both stare