Chapter 20 - The New Queen
allow a woman with no experience to control half the city!”
I leaned forward slowly, resting my elbows on the table and lacing my fingers together.
“I don't intend to run it alone, Don Falcone,” I said quietly, my voice slicing through the heavy tension like a perfectly sharpened razor. “I am bringing the entire Romano territory under the direct protection and control of the Moretti family.”
The entire room gasped. I was voluntarily merging the two most powerful, blood-soaked empires in history into one unstoppable syndicate.
“Consider it my dowry,” I added softly, turning to look at Luca, who was watching me with a look of pure, burning adoration.
“Are you insane?” another boss hissed, realizing the sheer, terrifying magnitude of the power Luca was about to wield. “You cannot do this!”
“It is already done,” Luca said, standing up and placing a heavy, protective hand on my shoulder. “Avery Isabella Romano is my future wife, and the mother to my heir. Anyone who disputes her claim will answer directly to my guns.”
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No one said a single word. They all bowed their heads in defeated, resentful submission.
I reached up and covered Luca’s warm hand with my own. I had finally found my family, my throne, and my king. And we were going to rule the dark world together.
