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orridor. Gina and Caitlin turned a sickly shade of as

r voice dangerously low, her grip tigh

outside my door. They were discussing what to do after my... unfortunate ruin tonight." I paused, letting the silence stretch until it was alm

s she scrambled forward. "She's a lying bit

to Caterina Moretti, then back to Eleanor. "To secure Caitlin's marriage to Marco Moretti, they agreed to offer the Carson fami

gasps of pure revulsion. In our world, jealousy was a sin, but selling out yo

bbed hysterically, clawing at the carpet, her torn emer

r and bowed deeply. It was a gesture of absolute submission to t

ending the honor of our name. His blood soaked the streets of Chicago so that we could stand here today. And now, wome

s. "I beg you, as the Matriarch of the Carson fa

s and sons bled as Soldiers and Capos-stared at Gina and Caitlin with undisguised disg

e looked only at me. For a fleeting second, I saw something new in her weathered eyes-no

eaded cane and struck the fl

ike nails being dr

aitlin are no longer members of the Carson family. Their names are struck from our bloodline. They

y stared into the void, her mind finally breaking under the weight of her

yes locking onto the smirking face of Francesca Gallo and the pale, trembling form of C