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00:00:02you're mine no one else feels this good i'm the best art forger and intel specialist in chicago
00:00:10and i fell for the man who owned it all don venezso russo for 10 years i was his secret
00:00:16his weapon and his woman i built his empire from the shadows i thought i'd get a ring in the
00:00:21end
00:00:23after all every night he was in this city he was buried inside me taking his pleasure
00:00:29you're mine no one else feels this good but this time after he was finished with me he announced
00:00:35that he was marrying the russian brata princess katerina petrov that's when i finally knew i
00:00:41wasn't his woman i was just a body for his pleasure don't tell me chiaka you didn't really think you
00:00:47could be the lady of the russo family did you six months ago he decided i was just a body
00:00:55so i
00:00:56destroy every piece of the life he gave me i made one call to my father in italy and then
00:01:06i vanished but when the don who owned chicago realized he could no longer find his favorite toy
00:01:13he went insane
00:01:20you can't run from me
00:01:23his burning palm slid slowly up along my waist
00:01:26yes have me don i was don vintenzo's secret for 10 years i was waiting for a ring but just
00:01:34now after
00:01:35fucking me he told me he was marrying someone else that's when i knew i was just a body for
00:01:39him to use
00:01:41an hour ago for who knows how many times he fucked me wild and furious his burning palm slid slowly
00:01:49up
00:01:49along my waist stopping at the most sensitive place i trembled uncontrollably beneath him my nails
00:01:55digging deep onto his shoulders yes have me don i gasped feeling every one of his thrusts deep inside me
00:02:02he kissed me hard harder than ever before when it was over i curled up in his arms tracing the
00:02:08scars
00:02:08on his chest with my finger his voice cut through the dark
00:02:15tomorrow night you're coming to the family dinner i looked up at him sharply my heart
00:02:20pounding violently he kissed me hard i'd slept with him for a decade he'd never let me near a family
00:02:27dinner vintenzo is this it are you finally making me yours don't tell me chiara you didn't really
00:02:36think you could be the lady of the russo family did you he raised an eyebrow and shot me a
00:02:41sideways glance
00:02:45official he blew out a smoke ring his tone sharp what's there to make official the dinner is to
00:02:51welcome my fiancee katerina petrov the russian bratia princess every word hit me like a sledgehammer
00:02:59my heart seemed to stop for a second my mind went completely blank you're getting married
00:03:06then what the hell am i the smirk on vincenzo's face died he leaned in close don't tell me chiara
00:03:13he
00:03:13purred a finger tilting my chin up you didn't really think you could be the lady of the russo family
00:03:18did
00:03:19you i stared at him unable to believe what i was hearing her when did you decide
00:03:29i was waiting for him in bed and during those trips he was getting engaged to another woman six months
00:03:35ago
00:03:38he got up and walked to the bathroom without a single glance back at the wreckage he'd made of
00:03:43my face it's for the alliance for the family six months ago i suddenly remembered all his business
00:03:50trips to europe every time he came back i was waiting for him in bed and during those trips he
00:03:56was getting
00:03:56engaged to another woman i followed him into the bathroom the mirror showed my pale face my body
00:04:05covered in his marks an hour ago they were trophies now they were just marks of shame do you love
00:04:12her
00:04:15that body drove me wild feeling his calm run down my leg
00:04:22love he turned on the shower steam quickly fogging up the mirror chiara i thought you were smarter than that
00:04:31this is business not a fairy tale he stepped out of the shower water dripping down his perfect body
00:04:38ten minutes ago that body drove me wild now it just made me sick katerina is young beautiful and useful
00:04:50she brings the entire eastern block with her he grabbed a towel his eyes sweeping over my naked body
00:04:57and you you have other uses other uses a warm body in his bed a loyal weapon i stood there
00:05:06frozen
00:05:07feeling his calm run down my leg i had never felt so dirty chiara you've always been my best weapon
00:05:15so lose that kicked pup look it makes you look pathetic
00:05:22when i pulled myself together and walked back out vincenzo was already in a suit sitting on the sofa
00:05:29on the phone the fabrici egg make sure it's the winter egg it's katarana's favorite and get a dozen
00:05:36haute couture gowns ready for her to try on all white she says it's the color of angels hearing that
00:05:45my heart clenched painfully i couldn't help looking at him and then i saw it a smile i had never
00:05:51seen
00:05:52before it was almost sweet the pain i had just forced down came flooding back again clatter my phone
00:05:59slipped from my hand and hit the floor vincenzo turned at the sound still smiling all cleaned up good
00:06:11see yourself out i'll take care of the bill he grabbed his coat and was about to leave but stopped
00:06:16at the door looking back at me a mocking smire curved on his lips chiara you've always been my best
00:06:22weapon
00:06:23so lose that kick pup look it makes you look pathetic like you're reaching for something you could never
00:06:29have in seven days i want the name chiara rossi to disappear from chicago forever i know you inside
00:06:37and out i know what you're thinking with just one look don't you think that's a little predictable if
00:06:43we were actually together it'd be so damn boring his voice faded with his footsteps but the words kept
00:06:50echoing in my head i sat on the cold bed i started laughing and then the laughter turned to tears
00:06:57i sat
00:06:58there until late then went back to my own studio i walked to the safe and entered the code inside
00:07:04was
00:07:04a gold desert eagle the grip was engraved with my initials a gift from vinedzo for my 18th birthday
00:07:10there were also the jewels the paintings and the antiques he'd given me over the years
00:07:14tonight i threw them into the incinerator one by one miss this is all valuable stuff you're really
00:07:21getting rid of it my assistant watched the flames his eyes full of regret i nodded slowly my voice quiet
00:07:30i don't want them anymore not just them this relationship this man i didn't want any of it anymore
00:07:41i dialed an encrypted number
00:07:45papa it's me chiara you finally decided to call in seven days i want the name chiara rossi to disappear
00:07:54from chicago forever
00:08:01i turned off my phone
00:08:05i didn't answer a single one 17 encrypted messages from vintezo
00:08:11at two in the afternoon the door to my studio was kicked open
00:08:21marco vincenzo's right hand man stormed in with four of his associates
00:08:26miss chiara marco's voice was still polite but his hand was already resting on the butt of his gun
00:08:32the boss wants to see you 20 minutes later the car stopped in front of the russo family estate
00:08:42this used to be my home now it felt like a cage
00:08:47i was escorted into my old art studio
00:08:57the moment the door opened i froze the room was empty all my paintings my easels my paints
00:09:05even the only photo of us together every trace of me had been cleaned out completely in their place
00:09:11was lava russian style decor and hanging in the center of the wall was a huge oil painting
00:09:16the woman in the painting wore a white dress her smile as holy as an angel it was katarina
00:09:25katarina this is chiara rossi the family's most useful asset like it katarina picked it out herself
00:09:35vincenzo's voice came from behind me he was wearing a custom briono suit flawless and perfectly tailored
00:09:41katarina lunged to his arm blonde hair blue eyes an angel vincenzo said his tone flat katarina
00:09:49this is chiara rossi the family's most useful asset katarina's blue eyes flashed with innocence
00:09:57her voice sweet it's so nice to meet you vincenzo mentions you all the time he says he doesn't know
00:10:03who'd handle all the family's dirty work without you that must be very hard she deliberately stressed
00:10:09the words dirty work but her face still wore a gentle sympathetic smile it's my honor to serve the
00:10:16family don't say things that could be misunderstood i would never touch an underlure vincenzo nodded
00:10:24satisfied then he turned to katarina darling let me introduce you to the uncles
00:10:34he wrapped an arm around her and led her towards the main hall the family elders were already
00:10:40waiting there one of them uncle antonio looked from me to vincenzo and smiled
00:10:48vincenzo chiara has been by your side for so many years we all thought uncle antonio
00:10:56his face darkened don't say things that could be misunderstood his eyes swept toward me his voice low
00:11:04but clear enough for the entire silent hall to hear i would never touch an underlure i lowered my eyes
00:11:11to
00:11:11hide the pain in them forcing myself to smile uncle antonio you've misunderstood the boss and i have
00:11:17always had a purely professional relationship for a split second vincenzo's expression froze then
00:11:29it was gone the tension in the hall instantly disappeared katarina tightened her grip on
00:11:35vanazzo's arm and flashed me a victorious smile vincenzo walked past me he started to raise his hand
00:11:41like he always did to pat my head in the end he only reached over to straighten katarina's hair
00:11:46then he leaned in close his voice low enough that only i could hear well done remember what you said
00:11:53tonight don't disappoint me the dinner began i sat alone at the far end of the long table
00:12:01watching vincenzo and katerina seated at the head of the table accepting everyone's congratulations
00:12:08vincenzo noticed my gaze he turned and looked at me then he raised his glass
00:12:15his eyes were cold and satisfied like he was praising a well-trained hunting hound
00:12:20i raised my glass as well a perfect smile on my lips i hope you're still smiling in seven days
00:12:26vincenzo
00:12:26when i'm gone for good drew my glock and fired back through the rear window katryana screamed and
00:12:33the dinner ended the armored car was already waiting outside i instinctively moved toward the front
00:12:38passenger seat a single look from vincenzo stopped me in my tracks in the back katerina took his arm and
00:12:44slipped into the spacious middle row and i was shoved into the corner of the back row
00:12:54the car pulled away into the chicago night the next second get down the first bullet shattered the
00:13:00windshield without warning marco yelled wrestling the steering wheel gunfire erupted from all sides
00:13:07bullets hammering the car like hail
00:13:10shit it's the torino family i quickly drew my glock and fired back through the rear window
00:13:15katryana screamed and curled up in vincenzo's arms and he returned fire while shielding her tightly with his body
00:13:22it's okay baby i'm here bang the back tires blew out the entire car spun out of control
00:13:30heading straight for the wall and in that instant i saw him in the side passage a hitter was raising
00:13:36an rpg onto his shoulder rocket and with all his strength he kicked
00:13:45in that single second vinedzo made his choice he grabbed katerina pulling her under him using his
00:13:52back as a shield then he lifted his foot and with all his strength he kicked not at the enemy
00:14:00and me
00:14:00his military boot slamped into the car door beside me and the massive force hurled me out of the vehicle
00:14:15i saw him vincenzo crawled out of the burning wreckage katerina was held tightly in his arms completely
00:14:23unharmed he lowered his head and gently stroked her hair murmuring softly to comfort her then he carried
00:14:32her and ran toward the emergency edge without looking back he didn't even look at me once
00:14:40not from beginning to end i lay on the cold ground listening to the crackling sound of flames devouring
00:14:47metal then the darkness completely swallowed me
00:14:59i almost lost you his voice trembled with lingering fear when i opened my eyes i was already lying in
00:15:08the
00:15:08family's secret medical wing you're awake old dr castellino checked my pupils you're lucky marco dragged
00:15:16you back from the blast right before it went up vincenzo my voice was a rasp
00:15:26the boss is with miss katerina the doctor paused for a moment
00:15:32she was badly shaken i let out a silent bitter laugh shaken
00:15:40doctor turn on the monitor the screen on the wall flickered on and i switched to katerina's room
00:15:47on the screen she was wearing a white silk nightgown propped weekly against the pillows
00:15:53vincenzo was sitting on the edge of the bed feeding her soup spoon by spoon
00:15:59his movements were so gentle like he was handling a priceless treasure i almost lost you
00:16:05his voice trembled with lingering fear i know you saved me she whispered touching his face
00:16:14you're my hero the next second vincenzo pulled a velvet box from his pocket
00:16:22my heart suddenly stopped not for the family not for the alliance just because
00:16:30i love you he got down on one knee he opened the box inside was a massive diamond ring
00:16:38i recognized it the ring passed down to the matriarch of the russo family
00:16:43marry me he looked up at her his eyes full of devotion not for the family not for the alliance
00:16:51just
00:16:51because i love you katiana instantly burst into tears of joy yes of course i will vincenzo slid the
00:17:00ring onto her finger and lowered his head to kiss the back of her hand
00:17:06i stared at the screen until it dissolved into static
00:17:12so
00:17:18he knew how to say the words
00:17:24he just never said them to me
00:17:29stabbing at my eyes my voice like gravel we got it after our first three days later my door opened
00:17:37vincenzo walked in catarina on his arm she wore a white chanel suit the family ring on her left hand
00:17:43glittered stabbing at my eyes vincenzo's voice was flat
00:17:49kiara how are you feeling i said my voice like gravel
00:17:58disappointed
00:18:02katarina walked to my bedside her face a mask of fake concern
00:18:06i've been wanting to see you i heard you were badly hurt protecting us
00:18:11you're so brave protecting you what a fucking joke
00:18:16just doing my job
00:18:17katarina's gaze dropped to the open collar of my hospital gown zeroing in on the small phoenix tattoo
00:18:22just below my colophone we got it after our first firefight together our first secret
00:18:27a flash of jealousy crossed her eyes
00:18:30i thought he was here to erase mine to strip me of our last secret but i was wrong she
00:18:37turned to
00:18:37vincenzo her voice sickly sweet darling chiara's tattoo is so unique but i don't really like it
00:18:42it reminds me you have a past i don't know about it makes me feel insecure vincenzo went still
00:18:47he was silent for a few seconds then he took out his phone and dialed your marco
00:18:54get tony over to the hospital with his kit now my blood ran cold
00:19:02tony the family's tattoo artist no he wouldn't
00:19:08twenty minutes later tony marcelli walked in carrying a black case
00:19:13he saw me in the bed then looked at vincenzo confused
00:19:17boss you sure you want to do this here
00:19:20i thought he was here to erase mine to strip me of our last secret
00:19:25it but i was wrong it was so much worse
00:19:38i'd shoved him out vincenzo took off his own shirt the scars on his chest were suddenly blinding
00:19:45the ones i traced with my fingers after we made love the marks of our life together the one on
00:19:53his left
00:19:53peck from three years ago at the docks
00:20:08i'd shoved him out of the way and took tony the butcher's knife for him
00:20:12he held me covered in blood and lost control for the first time his eyes shot with red as he
00:20:18screamed
00:20:19my name he'd said kiara you're mine no one touches you
00:20:27the bullet greys on the right from five years ago in milondulan
00:20:32we were cornered i used a fake id to talk us past the cops and get us out
00:20:42he kissed my wounds and called him his goddess of victory and now he was going to erase it all
00:20:50right here vincenzo said revealing the much more intricate phoenix on his chest
00:20:58the one i designed for him when i was 19 one of a kind cover it with the russian double
00:21:06-headed eagle
00:21:08he pointed to the phoenix and gave tony his order
00:21:14he grinned out his voice rough his eyes never left her the buzz of the needle was sharp in the
00:21:21quiet room
00:21:21blood seeped out mixing with ink a smear of red before my eyes i watched the phoenix i designed
00:21:28the symbol of our past get tortured consumed and swallowed whole by the eagle that stood for his
00:21:33alliance his new woman does it hurt katrina asked dabbing his sweat with a handkerchief
00:21:43no he grinned out his voice rough his eyes never left her for you nothing hurts
00:21:54two hours later it was done vincenzo's chest was a mess of blood and raw flesh but the snorling russian
00:22:01eagle had completely replaced the phoenix perfect katiana purred kissing his bloody chest
00:22:11now inside and out you belong only to me vincenzo looked at the strange bloody symbol in the mirror
00:22:20he gave katyarana a weak but satisfied smile he said but his eyes found mine in the reflection
00:22:32now i'm only yours i want you to build her the perfect gun the same one you custom made for
00:22:39me back
00:22:39then the next morning my burner phone rang
00:22:46come to victor's workshop his voice was cold devoid of emotion one hour katarina needs a new gun
00:22:54you're designing it i refuse this isn't a request chiara don't make me have my men ask you again
00:23:02with that he hung up an hour later i stood in the basement of an abandoned factory vincenzo and
00:23:08katarana were already there vincenzo walked over to me his voice was low enough that only i could hear
00:23:13i want you to build her the perfect gun the same one you custom made for me back then my
00:23:18breathing
00:23:19stopped instantly i know you remember every detail his voice was cold to the point of cruelty replicate
00:23:27all of it for her i finally understood he wanted me to cut open our past with my own hands
00:23:37to take
00:23:39everything built from blood and trust wrap it like a gift and hand it to another woman
00:23:46it was a hundred times crueler than covering the tattoo
00:23:52i'm not crafting these love charms for your new lover brilliant victor stared at the blueprint in
00:24:00admiration how long three weeks if miss chiaca is willing to oversee the production oversee the
00:24:09production watch another woman hold the love token forged from my past with him
00:24:17no i shot to my feet my voice horny everyone turned to look at me the next second i grabbed
00:24:25the design i
00:24:25i had just finished and in front of everyone i tore it to pieces
00:24:45i'm not crafting these love charms for your new lover
00:24:50don't force me to deal with you by family rules you know what happens to traitors pieces of paper
00:24:58scattered scattered scattered across the floor the rage i had buried for so long finally exploded
00:25:06vincenzo's eyes instantly turned dangerous
00:25:12chiola i turned and walked away
00:25:17if you walk out that door today his voice carried a naked threat
00:25:22don't force me to deal with you by family rules you know what happens to traitors
00:25:30i turned back to look at him my eyes were ice cold
00:25:36then try me
00:25:41i walked away without looking back
00:25:45behind me came katharina's startled scream
00:25:50and vinenzo's furious roar
00:25:54in the picture vinenzo was standing at my favorite private shooting range personally teaching arena
00:25:59how to shoot when i returned to the safe house a gold-embrust invitation was already waiting at the door
00:26:05you are cordially invited to the engagement party of mr vincenzo russo and miss katarina petrov
00:26:10i stared at the beautiful card imagining them picking it out together just then my phone buzzed
00:26:18a photo from marco in the picture vinenzo was standing at my favorite private shooting range
00:26:22personally teaching arena how to shoot and in her hands was the custom sig salar p226 that used to
00:26:28belong to me
00:26:31i slowly flicked open my lighter
00:26:34the flame licked the corner of the invitation
00:26:36i quietly watched it burn watch their names turn into black ash little by little and watch the
00:26:42last pathetic shred of hope inside me burn away completely then i dialed my father's encrypted number
00:26:53papa is it time i watched the invitation crumble into ash
00:27:00it's time we start tonight where did you think you could run
00:27:10i had just zipped the last bag when the door to the safe house was kicked off its hinges
00:27:17vincenzo stood in the doorway his eyes bloodshot blazing with near frenzied rage
00:27:24found you
00:27:27he murmured lowly his voice dangerously akin to a beast about to tear its prey apart my hand went to
00:27:33my gun three strides and he was already in front of me his was faster of course it was always
00:27:39faster
00:27:45where did you think you could run he slammed me hard against the wall his hand clamping my wrist in
00:27:51an
00:27:51unyielding iron risk
00:28:00let go of me vincenzo
00:28:02not until you tell me what you're really up to
00:28:05his hot breath washed over my face laced with the scent of whiskey and fury
00:28:08i struggled fiercely yet he pinned me firmly in place suddenly the rage in his eyes flickered for a
00:28:14moment in its place came an almost broken emotion
00:28:17i've been looking for you all night he said pressing his forehead to mine his voice hunky from exhaustion
00:28:25i thought something happened to you a sharp pain pierced my chest but my reason was clearer than
00:28:32ever this was another trap once again let go of me vincenzo not until you tell me what you're really
00:28:39up to
00:28:41you it has nothing to do with you nothing to do with me he let out a cold laugh and
00:28:47gripped my chin
00:28:47tightly you are mine chiara for ten years every part of you has been branded with the mark of the
00:28:53russos you have no right to claim anything is unrelated to me brands fade with time i stared
00:28:58straight into his eyes they get replaced all the same you and your family you mean nothing to me
00:29:05anymore everything you possess all belong to the russo family using my father's oath to pressure me
00:29:13he abruptly reached into his suit inner pocket pulled out a heavy ancient medallion and slammed it hard
00:29:20onto the table it was carved with a twin-headed serpent the blood oath seal of the rossi family
00:29:27my breath came to an abrupt halt your father swore an oath on rossi honor and blood
00:29:33in that moment he was no longer merely vincenzo he was the true dawn every word crushed my heart like
00:29:42heavy stone from the day you were born your life your loyalty everything you possess all belong to the
00:29:51russo family they belong to me i stared fastly at the blood oath seal my blood turning cold inch by
00:30:01inch
00:30:02this was the chain i could never break free from you're using my father's oath to pressure me
00:30:07you will kneel let every family present witness what rossi loyalty truly means if it's the only way
00:30:14to make you obey he picked the medallion back up his gaze turning cold and rigid once more the night
00:30:20after tomorrow the engagement party you will attend he paused for a moment then delivered his final cruelest
00:30:27blow moreover you will personally present karenna with the petrov family's pact of peace diamond dagger
00:30:39you will kneel let every family present witness what rossi loyalty truly means
00:30:50i simply watched him silently watched the man i once would have died for now he bound me with family
00:30:57honor and cut me deeply with the sharpest blade of humiliation my voice sounded hollow utterly unlike my
00:31:04own i understand i understand after that
00:31:20good he turned and left satisfied you are my property not my enemy
00:31:34after that he left with his men i stood alone in the wrecked apartment the sunset stretched my shadow
00:31:41long and lonely across the floor a blood oath he was truly using the blood oath against me
00:31:50i slowly picked up the small blade i used for cutting canvas
00:31:56my face its sharp edge reflected my pale face blood debts
00:32:04i murmured softly my voice lighter than a feather
00:32:10must always be repaid in blood how does it feel to know you were so easily replaced first piece i
00:32:18ever
00:32:19designed chicago's holy name cathedral had never looked so magnificent
00:32:27nearly every crime boss in the city was there the air was thick with expensive perfume and gun bowed
00:32:40and i stood alone in the shadows katana walked toward me
00:32:47she wore a priceless vera wong wedding gown a diamond tiara glittering in her blonde hair like a princess from
00:32:56a fairy tale
00:32:59she stopped in front of me her gaze slowly dropping to my chest around my neck hung a black diamond
00:33:06phoenix necklace
00:33:09it was the first piece i ever designed and the first gift i ever gave vinanzo
00:33:15a few days ago he had marco return it to me
00:33:20poor little phoenix
00:33:23katarina's voice was sickly sweet once its master abandons it all it can do is stay lonely and unwanted
00:33:33she tilted her head slightly her smile vicious tell me chiara how does it feel to know you were so
00:33:41easily replaced
00:33:46i just thought miss chiara looked lonely standing here all by herself a soldier should stay in her place
00:33:53before i could answer vinetzo's voice came from behind me
00:34:02darling what are you talking about with my soldier he walked to katiana's side his arm wrapping
00:34:08possessing possessively around her waist
00:34:10he didn't even look at me
00:34:13as if i were nothing more than part of the decoration
00:34:16nothing
00:34:17katarina pouted sweetly
00:34:20i just thought miss chiara looked lonely
00:34:22standing here all by herself
00:34:24a soldier should stay in her place
00:34:28vincenzo's voice was cold and emotionless
00:34:30chiara
00:34:31hold your position
00:34:34i raised my champagne glass
00:34:36a flawless smile rested on my lips
00:34:41yes boss
00:34:47katarina
00:34:48where are you
00:34:52the waltz began
00:34:54vincenzo led katarina into the center of the dance floor
00:34:58then
00:34:59the entire cathedral was swallowed by darkness
00:35:02for one brief second
00:35:03there was silence
00:35:05the roar of automatic rifles
00:35:08rent through the air
00:35:11screams
00:35:12shattering glass
00:35:13tables crashing to the floor
00:35:15get down
00:35:20it's an ambush
00:35:22the torina family
00:35:23in the darkness
00:35:25muzzle flashes flickered like meteors of death
00:35:29katrina
00:35:30for the first turn
00:35:32panic completely tore through vincenzo's voice
00:35:34katrina
00:35:36where are you
00:35:37the gunfire intensified
00:35:39windows exploded one after another
00:35:41gunmen poured in from every direction
00:35:44then
00:35:44a small black object cut through the darkness
00:35:48shrieking sharply as it flew toward the center of the dance floor
00:35:53a grenade
00:35:54at that moment
00:35:55time seemed to freeze completely
00:35:56i saw venenzo
00:35:58and i saw katarina
00:35:59they were curled up on the opposite side of the dance floor
00:36:02and because of where i had moved
00:36:04i was close to venenzo too
00:36:06at that moment
00:36:07time seemed to freeze completely
00:36:08i saw vinenzo
00:36:10and i saw katarina
00:36:11They were curled up on the opposite side of the dance floor, and because of where I had moved, I
00:36:17was close to Vinenzo too.
00:36:18The three of us formed a deadly triangle.
00:36:23The grenade landed directly in the center.
00:36:28That final burst of self toward her.
00:36:32Vinenzo saw it.
00:36:36The next second, his eyes locked onto the terrified Katerina.
00:36:42Then, they shifted to me.
00:36:45He had one second, and he made his choice.
00:36:51Without even the slightest hesitation.
00:37:00He threw himself toward Katerina, shielding her body with his own.
00:37:05Even protecting her head, he pushed off the ground for momentum.
00:37:11And the place he stepped, was right beside me.
00:37:15He used my position.
00:37:17Used that final burst of force to launch himself toward her.
00:37:24Away from me.
00:37:31The explosion swallowed everything instantly.
00:37:34Didn't even check whether the woman who had...
00:37:36The explosion swallowed everything instantly.
00:37:39The shockwave hurled me violently into a stone pillar.
00:37:42I clearly heard the sound of my ribs breaking.
00:37:45The phoenix necklace around my neck snapped apart too.
00:37:49Falling into the pool of my own blood, as my vision slowly blurred, I saw Vinenzo climb out of the
00:37:55rubble.
00:37:56In his arms, Katerina was still held tightly, completely unharmed.
00:38:00His suit was torn to pieces, but in his eyes, there was still only her.
00:38:04Open fire!
00:38:07Kill every last one of these bastards!
00:38:11He roared.
00:38:12Then, he picked her up and rushed toward the cathedral's side exit.
00:38:16Towards the safest way out.
00:38:18Gunfire still echoed around us.
00:38:21And I lay in my own blood.
00:38:24Feeling my breathing grow weaker and weaster.
00:38:27He never looked back.
00:38:28He didn't even spare me a glance.
00:38:31Didn't even check whether the woman who had bled for him for ten years...
00:38:36Was dead or alive.
00:38:37He had already made his choice.
00:38:39He chose his queen.
00:38:41And personally sacrificed his weapon.
00:38:46A woman who forces a man to make a choice is dangerous.
00:38:51The gunfire finally stopped.
00:38:53Dim red emergency lights illuminated the ruins scattered across the cathedral.
00:38:57In the middle of the cathedral, Vincenzo stood in the center of the hall.
00:38:59And across from him stood a man in a long Russian military coat.
00:39:04Katerina's uncle, Dmitry Petrov.
00:39:06I need an explanation.
00:39:09Dimitry's voice was as cold as ice.
00:39:11My niece almost died on your territory.
00:39:15The Torino family will pay for this.
00:39:18Vincenzo's voice was low and heavy.
00:39:21That's not enough.
00:39:22Dimitry's gaze moved past him and landed on me behind the stone pillar.
00:39:26That woman.
00:39:28He said slowly.
00:39:29She's your liability.
00:39:31Then he stepped closer to the Nanzo.
00:39:34His tone turned meaningful.
00:39:36A woman who forces a man to make a choice is dangerous.
00:39:41My niece will not begin her new life with a threat hanging over her.
00:39:45Vincenzo said nothing.
00:39:48The Alliance only stands under one condition.
00:39:52Dimitry delivered his ultimatum.
00:39:55Eliminate all internal threats.
00:39:57Deal with her before the wedding.
00:40:00Otherwise the Alliance is over.
00:40:06After saying that, Dimitry turned and walked away.
00:40:12Activate the cleanup protocol.
00:40:15Target, Chiara Rossi.
00:40:17The hall fell into a terrifying silence.
00:40:21Vincenzo stood there alone for a long time without moving.
00:40:25Then, he slowly turned his head.
00:40:29Across the shattered ruins, his eyes met mine.
00:40:33There was no struggle left in them anymore.
00:40:35Only the cold rationality of a dawn remained.
00:40:41The next second, he raised his radio.
00:40:43Marco.
00:40:44His voice was soft.
00:40:46But it crashed into my chest like a hammer.
00:40:50Activate the cleanup protocol.
00:40:52Target, Chiara Rossi.
00:40:55I suddenly laughed.
00:40:58So this was the truth.
00:41:01The thing that defeated me was never another woman.
00:41:06It was his ambition.
00:41:11Throat was slid open instantly.
00:41:13Blood sprayed across the white roses.
00:41:14The second man immediately reached for me.
00:41:16I dragged my battered body out through the cathedral's side exit.
00:41:19And Katerina Petrov was already waiting for me in the rose garden.
00:41:22A victor's smile rested on her face.
00:41:25You heard him.
00:41:28Don't blame Vincenzo.
00:41:30For his future, you have to disappear.
00:41:37One of the guards behind her handed her a syringe.
00:41:40He asked me to send you off personally.
00:41:42A final mercy.
00:41:43At least you'll die cleanly.
00:41:45She gave a small nod.
00:41:47Two large men immediately started walking toward me.
00:41:51I pulled the knife from my thigh holster.
00:41:54A flash of silver.
00:41:55The first man's throat was slid open instantly.
00:41:57Blood sprayed across the white roses.
00:42:00The second man immediately reached for his gun.
00:42:02I twisted aside and lunged forward.
00:42:04The blade drove straight into his heart.
00:42:06The man's eyes widened before he collapsed in disbelief.
00:42:10Katerina Petrov screamed and stumbled backward.
00:42:13You're insane.
00:42:14You actually killed them.
00:42:16I slowly rose to my feet.
00:42:19Blood still dripped from the knife in my hand.
00:42:21Because they were trying to kill me.
00:42:26Katerina Petrov suddenly screamed hysterically.
00:42:29Help!
00:42:29Help me!
00:42:30Help me!
00:42:31Chiara's trying to kill me!
00:42:35If my men hadn't protected me, I'd already be dead.
00:42:39The next second, hurried footsteps thundered in from every direction.
00:42:43The estate guards rushed over at once.
00:42:45Dozens of guns aimed directly at me.
00:42:48Then, Venezo Razo appeared.
00:42:51He saw the two bodies on the ground.
00:42:54He saw the trembling, sobbing Katerina Petrov.
00:43:00And he saw me.
00:43:03Saw the blooded knife in my hand.
00:43:07His expression darkened instantly.
00:43:10Katerina Petrov immediately threw herself into his arms,
00:43:13tears pouring down her face.
00:43:15She's gone crazy!
00:43:17She tried to kill me!
00:43:20She cried pitifully.
00:43:24If my men hadn't protected me, I'd already be dead.
00:43:29Vincenzo Russo pulled her tightly against him,
00:43:32gently patting her back to comfort her.
00:43:34Then, he drew his gun.
00:43:39The muzzle pointed directly at my forehead.
00:43:44I'll personally put a bullet through your head.
00:43:48The moment the cold metal touched my skin,
00:43:52I suddenly found it funny.
00:43:54His eyes were filled with violent fury.
00:43:58There wasn't a trace of warmth left anymore.
00:44:02Chiara!
00:44:04His roar sounded like a beast's.
00:44:08You dare touch her!
00:44:12The gun was still pressed against my forehead.
00:44:15And his voice dropped into a tone like a death sentence.
00:44:21Get out of my city.
00:44:22If I ever see you into Chicago again,
00:44:28I'll personally put a bullet through your head.
00:44:35Katerina Petrov cried as she threw herself into his arms.
00:44:40But the vicious triumph flashing through her eyes,
00:44:44I saw it clearly.
00:44:47She tried to kill me!
00:44:49She betrayed the family!
00:44:52She clutched his suit tightly.
00:44:59By the rules, you have to execute her yourself?
00:45:03Tell everyone,
00:45:04from this night on,
00:45:05Chiara Rossi is a traitor to the Russo family.
00:45:08Anyone who helps her is an enemy of mine.
00:45:10Execute me.
00:45:11I looked into Vinenzo Russo's eyes,
00:45:13waiting for his sentence.
00:45:15His finger tightened on the trigger.
00:45:18His dark eyes were a storm of emotions I couldn't read.
00:45:21Rage, conflict,
00:45:22and a flicker of exhaustion.
00:45:25Time stood still.
00:45:27Then, slowly,
00:45:29he spoke,
00:45:30each word deliberate.
00:45:33Marco.
00:45:37Marco stepped out from behind him.
00:45:40Yes, boss.
00:45:42Get her.
00:45:45Vincenzo Rocco's gun was still on me,
00:45:47but his words were for Marco.
00:45:49And throw her off the estate.
00:45:53Katarina Petrov's sob stopped.
00:45:55She looked at Vincenzo Rojo in disbelief.
00:45:58Vincenzo, you...
00:45:59Vincenzo Russo ignored her.
00:46:03His eyes were still locked on me.
00:46:06Cut her off.
00:46:07Freeze her accounts.
00:46:09Strike her from the family records.
00:46:11The orders came out like machine gun fire.
00:46:13Everyone a cold blade.
00:46:14I don't want to see this face in Chicago ever again.
00:46:18He paused,
00:46:19then delivered the final sentence.
00:46:21Tell everyone,
00:46:22from this night on,
00:46:23Chiara Rossi is a traitor to the Russo family.
00:46:25Anyone who helps her is an enemy of mine.
00:46:28Without ceremony,
00:46:31two guards disarmed me.
00:46:33He made me a traitor.
00:46:37Left me with nothing.
00:46:39With no one.
00:46:45Then he threw me out of his world like a piece of trash.
00:46:49It was worse than a bullet.
00:46:52It killed my heart.
00:46:57My hand went limp.
00:46:59The knife fell from my fingers.
00:47:03Katrina Petrov was still glaring at me with pure hate.
00:47:08I didn't care anymore.
00:47:11Marco came forward and grabbed my arm without ceremony.
00:47:16Two guards disarmed me.
00:47:18They dragged me through the manicured lawns,
00:47:22past the fountains,
00:47:23and out the main gates like a bag of trash.
00:47:29They threw me onto the cold asphalt,
00:47:31and I heard the gates begin to close behind me,
00:47:35sealing off two worlds.
00:47:40I laughed.
00:47:43Then I started coughing up blood
00:47:46with a delete button for a second.
00:47:49Then I pressed it.
00:47:53A black Mercedes pulled up silently beside me.
00:47:57The door opened.
00:47:58It was one of my father's men.
00:48:04Miss, get in.
00:48:07On the back seat was a briefcase.
00:48:10Inside was a new set of identity papers.
00:48:14And this.
00:48:18The driver handing me a new phone.
00:48:21I took it.
00:48:22Then I took out my old phone.
00:48:25The screen lit up.
00:48:27The first name on my contact list was Vincenzo.
00:48:30Next to it was a small red heart I had put there myself.
00:48:33I looked at the name.
00:48:35My finger slid down the screen.
00:48:38Marco.
00:48:38Tony.
00:48:39Dr. Castellano.
00:48:41Every name was a piece of my past.
00:48:43Written in blood and fire.
00:48:46My face was a blank mask.
00:48:48I started delighting.
00:48:51One by one.
00:48:55Photos.
00:48:57Messages.
00:48:59Finally, only Vincenzo's name was left.
00:49:01I held my finger on it.
00:49:04A confirmation box popped up.
00:49:07My finger paused over the delete button for a second.
00:49:12Then I pressed it.
00:49:15Ohire International Airport.
00:49:17VIP Lounge.
00:49:18My father sat across from me.
00:49:21He handed me a coffee.
00:49:24Ready?
00:49:27Ready.
00:49:28I took out the black diamond phoenix necklace.
00:49:31The one that had fallen into the blood at the party.
00:49:34It had once been my most treasured possession.
00:49:37I looked at it.
00:49:38At the broken, bloodstained bird.
00:49:41Then I stood up.
00:49:42Walked to the trash can in the lounge.
00:49:44And opened my hand.
00:49:46It landed with a soft, dull thud.
00:49:48Like my ten dead years.
00:49:50The boarding announcement came over the speakers.
00:49:52Now boarding.
00:49:53Flight to Florence.
00:49:55I stood and grabbed my carry-on.
00:49:57I pulled the SIM card from my old phone.
00:50:00Between my thumb and forefinger.
00:50:03I snapped the small piece of plastic in two.
00:50:05The pieces joined the necklace in the trash.
00:50:07I slipped on my sungla glasses.
00:50:10Turning my face toward the gate.
00:50:15I'm ready, Papa.
00:50:17I took my father's arm and walked toward the gate.
00:50:21Behind me, the lights of Chicago burnt bright.
00:50:24A city of ghosts.
00:50:25It had nothing to do with me anymore.
00:50:28Chiara Rossi was dead.
00:50:31And I was walking away from her grave.
00:50:36She laughed sweetly.
00:50:38Then, she drove the blades straight toward my-
00:50:41The bells of Holy Name Cathedral echoed slowly through the air.
00:50:44I stood at the altar, my eyes fixed on the massive oak doors.
00:50:49This wasn't a wedding.
00:50:51It was a goddamn performance.
00:50:54The heavy oak doors slowly opened.
00:50:58Katerina, dressed in a priceless wedding gown, walked toward me like a saint.
00:51:02But I felt nothing.
00:51:03Only a cold premonation.
00:51:05Like a man walking toward the gallows.
00:51:09The priest continued reading the vows.
00:51:12Vincenzo Russo, do you take-
00:51:15I do.
00:51:18Katina looked up at me.
00:51:20There was a strange, icy glint in her blue eyes.
00:51:24Katarina Petrov, do you take-
00:51:26Katiana's hand suddenly reached for the garter on her thigh.
00:51:29A diamond-stuckled dagger appeared in her hand.
00:51:32I do.
00:51:35She laughed sweetly.
00:51:36Then, she drove the blades straight toward my heart.
00:51:40Take you to hell!
00:51:44Blood immediately stained my white shirt, red.
00:51:48At the same time, the roar of automatic rifles tore through the holy cathedral.
00:51:54Ambush!
00:51:57Protect the boss!
00:51:58I grabbed Katarina by the throat and slammed her hard against the altar.
00:52:02Why?
00:52:03She burst into manic laughter.
00:52:05Her face turned red from the lack of air, but her eyes burned with terrifying excitement.
00:52:11She gasped for breath.
00:52:15This was a trap.
00:52:17A trap to swallow the entire Russo family.
00:52:22Her voice hissed like a venomous snake.
00:52:24And you personally sent away the only woman in this world who would take a bullet for you.
00:52:30Now, it's your turn.
00:52:34My blood frozen instantly.
00:52:36She suddenly smiled even more viciously.
00:52:39The attack at the enagement party?
00:52:44I arranged that, too.
00:52:46She admired the color draining from my face and let out a triumphant laugh.
00:52:50Tell me, Vincenzo.
00:52:53When you personally kicked her towards that explosion,
00:52:58how much do you think she hated you?
00:53:03Too late, husband.
00:53:08In that instant,
00:53:10my world completely collapsed.
00:53:13Not because of Katarina's betrayal.
00:53:16Not because my family was under attack.
00:53:19It was because I finally understood.
00:53:25I hadn't just lost a tool.
00:53:27I'd lost my shield.
00:53:29My only salvation.
00:53:31And I was the executioner who pushed her away.
00:53:36Chiara.
00:53:36A raw, animalistic roar from my throat.
00:53:43Not from the pain in my chest,
00:53:45but from a regret so sharp it was tearing me apart.
00:53:49Katarina's laughter grew wilder.
00:53:51Too late, husband.
00:53:54She hissed,
00:53:55her nails digging into my arm,
00:53:57her voice dripping with vengeance.
00:53:59It's too late.
00:54:03On the third day after everything ended,
00:54:06I locked myself inside her old studio.
00:54:08I smashed every Russian decoration.
00:54:11Behind a broken section of the wall,
00:54:13I found it.
00:54:15A hidden safe.
00:54:16I entered her birthday.
00:54:19Click.
00:54:24It opened.
00:54:25There were no weapons.
00:54:27No intelligence files.
00:54:28Only a black leather notebook.
00:54:33I opened the first page.
00:54:35Her neat handwriting came into view.
00:54:37Jan 15.
00:54:38Something's wrong with the Petrov family's money flow.
00:54:41Feb 20.
00:54:41Intercepted Russian communications.
00:54:43They're talking about a cleanup.
00:54:45The target?
00:54:46Us?
00:54:47Mart 10.
00:54:48Confirmed.
00:54:49The marriage.
00:54:50The marriage is a trap.
00:54:52They want to swallow the Russo family.
00:54:54My hands began to shake.
00:54:57Mar 22.
00:54:59The engagement party is approaching.
00:55:02I have to warn Vinatzo.
00:55:04He doesn't trust me anymore.
00:55:05I flip to the final page.
00:55:08The date was the day before I exiled her.
00:55:11App 1.
00:55:12Last chance.
00:55:13I have to tell him tonight.
00:55:15I have to protect him,
00:55:16even if he hates me for it.
00:55:18I give up, Vincizzo.
00:55:20I don't love you anymore.
00:55:22No.
00:55:24No.
00:55:26I collapsed into the ruins like a wounded beast
00:55:28that had forgotten how to howl.
00:55:30Ten years of loyalty.
00:55:32Ten years of protection.
00:55:34What the fuck had I done?
00:55:40Chiara!
00:55:46Chiara.
00:55:47I'm coming for you.
00:55:50I flew across all of Europe.
00:55:53I activated every lead in the Russo intelligence network.
00:55:57I placed a bounty across the entire underworld.
00:56:00Find Chiara Rossi.
00:56:01I want her alive or I want her body.
00:56:03I want to know where she was last seen,
00:56:05who she met, what she said.
00:56:06I want to know everything.
00:56:09For the first time, I realized
00:56:11all the power and money in the world meant nothing.
00:56:15Without her, I wanted none of it.
00:56:17Two years later.
00:56:20Sicily.
00:56:21An abandoned church.
00:56:23Half-restored frocos covered the walls.
00:56:26The brush strokes, the colors.
00:56:28The restoration technique.
00:56:30So familiar.
00:56:32My hands trembling.
00:56:33I stepped closer and carefully scraped away
00:56:35a tiny patch of paint in the lower corner.
00:56:39Beneath the top layer,
00:56:40I saw a phoenix rising from flames.
00:56:43It was her.
00:56:44She had been here.
00:56:46I dropped to my knees before the fresco,
00:56:48my fingers lightly touching the tiny phoenix.
00:56:52I didn't cry.
00:56:54I didn't laugh.
00:56:55I only let out a broken, desperate sound,
00:56:58like a lone wolf finally finding the trail of its prey.
00:57:02Chiara,
00:57:03I'm coming for you.
00:57:08Get your filthy hands off my daughter.
00:57:11In a private room at a three Michelin star restaurant in Florence,
00:57:15I sat there,
00:57:16watching the three members of the Russo family across from me.
00:57:20My father, Lorenzo Rossi,
00:57:23sat beside me like a silent lion.
00:57:27Lorenzo, the old Don Russo, said quietly,
00:57:31I apologize for my son's actions.
00:57:34An apology?
00:57:36My father sneered.
00:57:38Your son almost got my daughter killed.
00:57:40You think an apology is enough?
00:57:43Chiara, my child.
00:57:45Elena, Vincizo's mother,
00:57:47looked at me with guilt in her eyes.
00:57:51Senora,
00:57:51I cut her off,
00:57:53my tone polite but sharp as a blade.
00:57:55I stopped being your child a long time ago.
00:57:59At that moment,
00:58:00the private room door was shoved open.
00:58:02Vincenzo walked straight toward me and tried to take my hand,
00:58:05completely ignoring my father's warning glare.
00:58:08In an instant,
00:58:09my father's gun was pressed against Vinenzo's temple.
00:58:12Get your filthy hands.
00:58:15Lorenzo's voice was ice.
00:58:18Off my daughter.
00:58:21Dad,
00:58:22it's better if we put everything on the table tonight.
00:58:26Once and for all.
00:58:28Vincenzo thought he still had a chance.
00:58:30What he got instead was a public trial.
00:58:34You used me as her human shield.
00:58:37Enough!
00:58:39Don Russo,
00:58:41I began, my voice clear and calm as it carried across the room.
00:58:45Since your son believes the past was just a series of misunderstandings,
00:58:49I don't mind repeating everything.
00:58:52In front of all our elders,
00:58:54I rose to my feet,
00:58:56like a witness taking the stand.
00:59:01First,
00:59:02the tunnel incident.
00:59:03The rocket attack.
00:59:05You used me as her human shield.
00:59:08Elena gasped,
00:59:10one hand flying to her mouth.
00:59:11Second,
00:59:12the engagement party.
00:59:14The grenade.
00:59:16You chose to protect her again,
00:59:18leaving me behind to face the explosion alone.
00:59:21The old Don's face turned rigid as stone.
00:59:24To please your new woman,
00:59:26you pinned me down while that needle carved a Russian eagle over my phoenix.
00:59:30Vincenzo lowered his head and said nothing,
00:59:33like a sinner waiting for judgment.
00:59:35I paused,
00:59:37staring directly at him.
00:59:39And,
00:59:40you ordered my elimination for the sake of your new alliance.
00:59:44Vincenzo,
00:59:45were those misunderstandings too?
00:59:47Enough!
00:59:48The old Don suddenly shot to his feet and strode toward his son.
00:59:55The sharp sound of the slap echoed through the room.
00:59:59The old Don roared.
01:00:01You worthless piece of shit!
01:00:04You disgrace this family!
01:00:06My father slowly rose as well.
01:00:09He pulled an ancient dagger from inside his coat.
01:00:12Lorenzo Don.
01:00:13The family Grimm carved into the handle.
01:00:16The old Don tried to stop him,
01:00:18but my father ignored him.
01:00:19He sliced across his own left palm.
01:00:22Blood welled up instantly.
01:00:24I,
01:00:25Lorenzo Rossi.
01:00:26His voice was cold and solemn.
01:00:28Swear upon the blood of my family.
01:00:31And hereby declare,
01:00:33the blood pact forged twenty years ago to repay a life debt is,
01:00:36from this moment forward,
01:00:38dissolved.
01:00:38The debt has been repaid.
01:00:40Vincenzo suddenly lifted his head,
01:00:42terror in his eyes,
01:00:44unlike anything I had ever seen.
01:00:46My father said,
01:00:48pointing the blooded dagger at Vincenzo.
01:00:51I'm not finished.
01:00:53I personally place a blood debt upon Vincenzo Russo,
01:00:57for stealing ten years of her life,
01:01:00for every betrayal,
01:01:01for every humiliation brought upon my family.
01:01:04Every word from Lorenzo was forged from ice.
01:01:08He will repay it with his own blood.
01:01:12Vincenzo finally spoke,
01:01:14his voice harky.
01:01:15Father, no.
01:01:19My father sneered.
01:01:21Begging now?
01:01:23Too late.
01:01:27Dad.
01:01:28I stepped forward and gently placed my hand over my father's.
01:01:32He looked at me.
01:01:33Let him live with it.
01:01:35I said,
01:01:35my eyes fixed on Vincenzo's colorless face.
01:01:38My voice was calm,
01:01:39but cruel.
01:01:40A bullet is a mercy,
01:01:41and he hasn't earned it.
01:01:43Katerina Petrov colluded with an internal Russo trader,
01:01:47Sal DeLuca,
01:01:47to set a marriage trap.
01:01:49I spent the entire night sorting through Vincenzo's madness over the past two years,
01:01:53along with the chaos inside the Russo family.
01:01:56Using my top-klee intelligence skills,
01:01:58I locked onto Katerina's hideout in Prague.
01:02:01Dad.
01:02:02I said,
01:02:03setting the intel files down,
01:02:05my eyes cold.
01:02:06That woman,
01:02:07Katerina,
01:02:07the remaining Petrov loyalists,
01:02:10and the Russo traders who helped her.
01:02:11They all deserve judgment.
01:02:13My father nodded and walked with me into the secret tribunal chamber of the High Commission.
01:02:17The Commission will now hear the grievance of the Rossi family against the Petro family and their conspired-ers.
01:02:25The Chairman's voice,
01:02:26altered by a scrambler,
01:02:27was devoid of emotion.
01:02:30Petitioner Chiara Rabi,
01:02:32your statement.
01:02:33I rose to my feet and threw a stack of documents onto the table.
01:02:36Two years ago, Katerina Petrov,
01:02:37I looked directly at her,
01:02:38giving her nowhere to hide,
01:02:40colluded with an internal Russo trader,
01:02:42Sal DeLuca,
01:02:42to set a marriage trap.
01:02:44The goal was to absorb the Russo family and eliminate me multiple times.
01:02:48The defendants present today were all her accomplices.
01:02:52You once off.
01:02:53Desperate screams instantly erupt and crawled toward me.
01:02:56Tears and snot come.
01:02:57Your honors,
01:02:58I rest my case.
01:02:59They are the guilty.
01:03:00I demand judgment under the old laws.
01:03:04Thirty minutes later,
01:03:06the commission announced its verdict.
01:03:08Katerina Petrov,
01:03:09for conspiracy,
01:03:10murder of an ally,
01:03:11and betrayal.
01:03:12Sal DeLuna,
01:03:13for treason against his family,
01:03:14and collusion with an enemy.
01:03:15The three remaining Petrov members,
01:03:17for accessory to murder,
01:03:19by the old laws,
01:03:21all are sentenced to death.
01:03:24Desperate screams instantly erupted from the defendant's box.
01:03:27Katiana completely broke down.
01:03:29She slid from her chair and crawled toward me,
01:03:32tears and snot covering her face.
01:03:34Tiara,
01:03:35no!
01:03:36Miss Rossi,
01:03:37please!
01:03:38I don't want to die!
01:03:39I was wrong!
01:03:40Please let me go!
01:03:41I looked down at her expressionlessly.
01:03:44Then I slowly crouched beside her
01:03:46and whispered softly into her ear.
01:03:49You once offered me a dignified death.
01:03:53So tell me,
01:03:55do you feel dignified right now?
01:04:01The hearing ended.
01:04:03After we walked outside,
01:04:05my father said to me,
01:04:07You did well.
01:04:08I lifted my head
01:04:09and looked at Chicago's cold sky.
01:04:11This is only the beginning.
01:04:13I said quietly,
01:04:14the one who truly owes a death
01:04:15is when chanced on me.
01:04:18And now,
01:04:18it's his turn to pay.
01:04:22I'm not here for them!
01:04:25He had tried to pull himself together,
01:04:27dressed in an expensive,
01:04:33brionio suit,
01:04:34I stepped out of the fortified building
01:04:35into the freezing Chicago wind.
01:04:39Vincenzo stood across the street.
01:04:41He had tried to pull himself together,
01:04:43dressed in an expensive brionio suit,
01:04:45trying to preserve the last scraps
01:04:47of a mafia dune's dignity.
01:04:49But the bloodshot eyes,
01:04:51and the exhaustion he couldn't hide,
01:04:53exposed him completely.
01:04:55The moment he saw me,
01:04:57he threw away his cigarette
01:04:58and strode towards me.
01:04:59What are you doing here?
01:05:01I stopped walking.
01:05:02The bodyguards behind me
01:05:03instantly moved to shield me.
01:05:06I heard about the hearing.
01:05:14his voice was harnsy.
01:05:16And?
01:05:18I sneered.
01:05:20Here to collect the bodies?
01:05:23No.
01:05:26Then are you here to ask
01:05:28why I touched your people?
01:05:30I'm not here for them!
01:05:35Emotion cracked through his voice.
01:05:38I'm here for you.
01:05:41There was a trace of pleading in his voice.
01:05:44Chiara,
01:05:45please.
01:05:48I ignored him
01:05:49and turned toward my car.
01:05:51Suddenly,
01:05:52he rushed forward
01:05:53and spread his arms
01:05:54to block my path.
01:05:57Chiara,
01:05:58please.
01:06:00There was a trace of pleading
01:06:01in his voice.
01:06:03Five minutes.
01:06:05I looked at him,
01:06:07then at my bodyguards.
01:06:09Stand down.
01:06:10I ordered coldly.
01:06:13They stepped back.
01:06:14I didn't get into the car.
01:06:16I simply stood there
01:06:18on the busy street,
01:06:19in front of all our people,
01:06:20staring at him coldly.
01:06:22Whatever you want to say,
01:06:23say it here.
01:06:28My voice wasn't loud,
01:06:30but it lashed him like a whip.
01:06:33Let everyone hear
01:06:34what the once great Don Rosso
01:06:36has to say to me now.
01:06:38Vincenzo's face flushed red,
01:06:39then turned pale again,
01:06:41but he chose to submit.
01:06:43I'm sorry.
01:06:45He said,
01:06:46the words struggling out of him.
01:06:48I know I was wrong.
01:06:50I...
01:06:51I pulled out my phone
01:06:52and started recording,
01:06:54holding the screen toward him.
01:06:55Go on.
01:06:58I said coldly,
01:07:00the screen reflecting his shame.
01:07:02For evidence.
01:07:04So you can't deny it later.
01:07:08What I want
01:07:09is to watch you kneel.
01:07:10Right here.
01:07:11A violent tremor ran through
01:07:13Vincenzo's body.
01:07:14Pain and humiliation
01:07:16flashed through his eyes,
01:07:17but he forced himself
01:07:18to continue.
01:07:19I was blind.
01:07:21I was a fool.
01:07:23I destroyed everything
01:07:25with my own hands.
01:07:27His voice grew quieter,
01:07:29thick with regret.
01:07:30Chiara,
01:07:31if you forgive me anything...
01:07:33He pleaded.
01:07:35Money?
01:07:37Power?
01:07:38All of Chicago.
01:07:39It's yours if you want it.
01:07:41Finished?
01:07:42I put away my phone,
01:07:44my tone icy.
01:07:46He froze,
01:07:47stunned by my flat reaction.
01:07:50That's it?
01:07:51That's all you wanted to say?
01:07:54A knocking smile
01:07:55curved across my lips.
01:07:57Vincenzo,
01:07:58you still don't understand.
01:08:00Understand what?
01:08:01You think I ever wanted
01:08:03your Chicago?
01:08:04I shook my head
01:08:05and slowly walked toward him,
01:08:07until only one step
01:08:08separated us.
01:08:11I raised my hand
01:08:12and gently brushed
01:08:13the collar of his suit,
01:08:15just like I used to
01:08:16when we were close.
01:08:17A flicker of hope
01:08:18flashed through his eyes,
01:08:19then I leaned closer,
01:08:21my voice low,
01:08:22carrying a venom
01:08:23only he could understand.
01:08:25What I want
01:08:26is to watch you kneel,
01:08:28right here.
01:08:29Kneel,
01:08:30and beg me.
01:08:33Chiara,
01:08:33I love you!
01:08:35I've always loved you!
01:08:37His entire body stiffened,
01:08:39the hope in his eyes
01:08:40shattered into despair
01:08:41and pain.
01:08:42I stepped back,
01:08:44my face turning cold again.
01:08:45looks like you can't do it.
01:08:49Right here,
01:08:50kneel and beg me.
01:08:52I turned toward the car.
01:08:54So don't bother me again.
01:08:57The car started
01:08:58and slowly pulled away.
01:09:00Chiara!
01:09:01He shouted desperately
01:09:03behind me.
01:09:04I love you!
01:09:05I've always loved you!
01:09:07I signaled for the driver
01:09:08to stop.
01:09:09The window rolled down.
01:09:11I looked back at him
01:09:12expressionlessly.
01:09:15Vincenzo.
01:09:16My voice was calm,
01:09:17like stating a fact.
01:09:20You don't love me.
01:09:22I paused,
01:09:23then delivered the final blow.
01:09:25You love the version of me
01:09:26in your head.
01:09:29The one who obeyed you.
01:09:31The one who would die for you
01:09:33without hesitation.
01:09:34And you
01:09:36killed her.
01:09:39Eventually,
01:09:42Vincenzo was brought before me.
01:09:44I raised the window
01:09:45and the car sped away.
01:09:48Behind me,
01:09:49Vincenzo collapsed
01:09:50onto the cold,
01:09:51unforgiving street.
01:09:52Inside the car,
01:09:54a bodyguard
01:09:55handed me a file.
01:09:56Miss,
01:09:57our sources report
01:09:58that the Russo family's
01:09:59three main shipping terminals
01:10:00in Chicago
01:10:01were attacked
01:10:02simultaneously tonight.
01:10:03Unknown forces.
01:10:04Heavy losses.
01:10:06Through the rearview mirror,
01:10:07I watched the shrinking figure
01:10:09kneeling in the street.
01:10:11A cold smile
01:10:12touched my lips.
01:10:13That
01:10:14was only the interest.
01:10:16Under the family's operation,
01:10:18the video was sent
01:10:19through encrypted channels
01:10:20directly to the
01:10:21five core Russo cuphaups,
01:10:23along with every ambitious wolf
01:10:25eyeing Vincenzo's throne.
01:10:27And coincidentally,
01:10:29forged scans
01:10:29of an alleged ancestral land deed
01:10:31were anonymously emailed
01:10:33to every one of them.
01:10:35The message implied
01:10:37this was a secret deal
01:10:38Vincenzo had made
01:10:40in order to win
01:10:41Chiara Rossi back.
01:10:42What they would see
01:10:44was a king kneeling.
01:10:46And in our world,
01:10:48weakness was a death sentence.
01:10:50The wolves would come
01:10:52running to peace.
01:10:54Eventually,
01:10:57Vincenzo was brought
01:10:58before me
01:11:00at the face
01:11:01I had loved for ten years
01:11:02and hated for two.
01:11:06I looked into his eyes,
01:11:07filled with pain and regret,
01:11:09my voice trembling.
01:11:12Now,
01:11:14I said,
01:11:17I'm ending all of this.
01:11:19He didn't move.
01:11:20He just knelt there.
01:11:22A strange,
01:11:24broken smile
01:11:25even appeared
01:11:25on his lips.
01:11:30Do it.
01:11:33He whispered softly.
01:11:35And end it.
01:11:36I deserve it.
01:11:38My finger rested
01:11:40on the trigger.
01:11:41One small movement
01:11:43and everything
01:11:44would be over.
01:11:46I looked at him.
01:11:48At the face
01:11:49I had loved for ten years
01:11:50and hated for two.
01:11:54I saw the faint outline
01:11:56of the double-headed eagle
01:11:57tattoo beneath his shirt.
01:12:06The gunshot
01:12:08echoed across the estate.
01:12:10Vincenzo's body
01:12:11jolted violently.
01:12:12And beside him,
01:12:14a fresh bullet hole
01:12:15appeared in the ground.
01:12:17I hadn't killed him.
01:12:19Why?
01:12:20He looked at me,
01:12:21his voice full of confusion.
01:12:23Because if I kill you,
01:12:25I said hollowly,
01:12:27then I become you.
01:12:29I didn't want to become
01:12:31a cold-blooded monster
01:12:32enslaved by hatred
01:12:33in the past.
01:12:36Your punishment
01:12:38isn't death,
01:12:38Vincenzo.
01:12:43I looked at his
01:12:44shattered expression
01:12:45and delivered
01:12:46the final judgment.
01:12:47It's living.
01:12:48You have to keep living
01:12:49with everything you've done.
01:12:51With those ghosts.
01:12:53Forever.
01:12:56I looked out the window.
01:12:58At last,
01:12:59sunlight broke
01:13:00through the clouds.
01:13:01The war was over.
01:13:03And I survived.
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