In a world torn apart by criminal empires, Lily Black, the estranged daughter of a powerful mafia don, is on the brink of reclaiming her father's legacy. Determined to reshape the criminal underworld, she forms a precarious alliance with Kro, a loya...
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Lily sits quietly in her chair and lets Irina gently brush her hair.
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Irina's soft, dark brown eyes fall over the girl's silky hair, while the long lashes that shade her eyes hide the fear in her.
Lily keeps her gaze on her ring and asks quietly, "What does it feel like? To belong to someone?"
Irina takes the next lock of her hair and says: "Feelings cannot always be explained, my queen."
Lily lowers her head and says: "I love him. Something in me says to the other: run. Run until you can't run anymore."
Then Irina's hands stop. She walks a little away from the girl as Lily turns to her and asks: "Are you all right, Irina?"
Irina nods quietly and places a delicate veil next to the girl's as the teller says: "If you're with him, then, what's your greatest fear?"
"That moment when I open my eyes and discover that he's not with me and he's taken a piece of my soul with him.." Lily whispers, placing her ringed hand over her heart.
Irina nods silently and with her other hand takes hold of the girl's ringed wrist and says: "I've been watching you more closely lately. Othe than you, he doesn't look like a person who suffers excruciating pain every day. You are his healer. And he is yours. Whether you admit it to each other or not, but... you need each other."
Lily nods quietly and says: "I need you all."
Irina puts a sly smile on her lips and says: "Not the way you need Kro."
Lily grins back and Adrian opens the door and says: "Ready to get married?"
Lily still looks towards Irina with a worried look on her face, but Irina just shoves her closer to the boy and walks over to Vassily, gently taking his arm, kissing him softly.
Reaching the altar, Lily notices Nadja swinging her arm over her shoulder and then straightening up again.
Lily looks at the people standing around her and waits for Marc, Vassili, Yang and a few other men to walk behind her and stand in front of the altar, where Kro is quietly ironing her suit.
