Fabio Casso was the heir to the Casso mafia throne, a man defined by a cold and merciless reputation. Yet, beneath that mask, he held a place in his heart for a girl he knew as Leah. Fabio never suspected that Leah was the biological daughter of Jackson Sterling, the FBI secret agent who sat at the very top of his execution list.
The tragedy reached its breaking point on one blood-stained night. As Fabio completed his mission to eliminate Jackson, he found himself frozen, staring into a pair of traumatized eyes. Leah stood in the doorway, a witness to the atrocity. Their worlds collapsed in an instant. Leah realized that her lover, "Arnold," was the monster who had taken her father's life. Meanwhile, Fabio was forced to confront the reality that he had just destroyed the life of the woman he loved most.
Can a love grown from a foundation of lies survive, or will it be reduced to ash by the unquenchable fires of revenge?

The sound of gunfire shattered the silence of Fabrizio's study, echoing wildly and jolting the heart. Thin gunpowder smoke began to fill the air, making it hard to breathe. Fabrizio was raging, shooting blindly at the walls, venting the grief and fury burning in his chest. His men hit the deck, taking cover behind expensive furniture, their faces deathly pale with fear.


"Damn you, Fabio!" Fabrizio roared, his voice raspy from holding back tears and exploding anger.


The shooting stopped. Fabrizio's shoulders slumped. He walked haltingly toward his desk, picking up a picture frame cracked by flying bullet shrapnel. His fingers trembled as he stroked Lucy's face in the photograph.


"Lucy… oh… Lucy… forgive me," he whispered, his voice breaking, a sharp contrast to the madness of a few seconds ago.


Chapter 28 - The Secret List