Two months later~

The priest preached that death was a part of life. While I supposed that was true for everyone, it was never as true as it was for those of us born and raised in the famiglia. As the only daughter to the capo, I’d been immersed in it all my life. The reality that life would end was an ingrained truth that surrounded each and every one of us day and night.

One day, death would come for those we loved as well as those we loathed. I was no different. One day ...