“Good morning, Mr. Van Zandt.”

Damon looked up to see his consigliere greeting him at the door to his study.

Consigliere is another word for advisor, most notably to a crime boss such as Damon himself.

His consigliere’s name is Adrian Luciano.

He was the nephew to the famed mob king Joe “Joseph” Luciano who was the head of the New Jersey underworld from the 1980s up to now when Damon took over.

Adrian, being a Luciano himself, had more claim to the throne over Damon who was only an orphan when Joe Luciano took him in.

But Adrian never wanted the throne. Adrian preferred a more peaceful lifestyle with his wife Talia.

So when Damon was willing to take over the throne, Adrian was more than happy to help him.

They grew up together and Adrian knew there was no one more fitting to be king than Damon Van Zandt.

Damon was not born into the Luciano family, in fact, he never even met his real family.

When he was only a baby, his mother left him on the footsteps of a Catholic church with only a blanket and his name.

He was raised as an orphan at the church before he was put in foster care as a young kid.

He moved from home to home before finally, at the age of fourteen, Damon met Joseph Luciano who soon became a father figure to him.

Damon was first raised to be a trained assassin. He was agile, quick, and cunning.

He killed his first man at the age of fifteen, and the man was twice his age and size.

Damon soon became Joseph’s favorite killing machine.

He would do everything Joseph told him to, no questions asked.

But after some time had passed, killing became a boring chore for the quick-witted Damon. Joseph saw this too.

Damon had the potential for leadership and politics, so Joseph started grooming him to become his successor.

It worked out pretty well as Joseph never had a son of his own.

He had one daughter though, a beautiful girl named Isabella.

Isabella was the first girl Damon ever really loved.

She had long dark hair and purple-blue eyes. Damon loved everything about her, the way she speaks, the way she dances, and most of all, he loved her heart. In a world as cruel and dark as the mafia underground, Isabella was a ray of light and hope for him.

After pursuing Isabella for years, at the age of nineteen, Isabella finally said yes to marrying Damon.

His wedding day was the happiest day of his life.

Joseph even arranged the biggest wedding party New Jersey had ever known.

But on the day of the wedding, when everyone was drunk and high on love, a rival gang, the Maranzano family, appeared out of nowhere and started opening fire.

Joseph was killed on the spot, and so was Damon’s beautiful bride.

It was the most gruesome sight Damon had ever seen.

The happiest day of his life had turned into the worst.

They managed to kill almost all of the Maranzano guys that crashed the wedding, but that was nothing compared to their losses.