A girl - Maryah Selena Cattaneo, 21 years of age and fiercer than a lioness protecting her cub, learned to be strong at a very young age. Maryah has 3 years to show her father that she can, that she can be the true heiress to the family's dynasty. With responsibilities far too heavy for God to hold; as she navigates her way through Blackwood University, where the challenges of her father's expectations bleed-soaking everything that surrounds her. Even the forbidden love that lurks behind the pillars she strides by-Lailah Sage Blackwood. Daughter and granddaughter of the Blackwood assassins, welcomes the invisible pull of Maryah and her arrogance. Encounters of eye-rolls, shared haughtiness, generational hatred, and words that are sharper than a dragon's claws. Secrets, silent steps, and poisonous kisses are what fills the halls of this school for the most elite - Blackwood University. #1 in mafiaxassassin #172/1,000 in gxg

𝗜𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱. 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁𝘆. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁. 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑯𝑶𝑵𝑶𝑹, 𝑴𝒀 𝑲𝑰𝑳𝑲𝑬𝑹: Love isn't blind. It sees everything-and chooses to burn anyway. Aaliyah Grace Rosario built her name on precision, power, and a courtroom win streak that made her untouchable. But when she agrees to defend a dangerously composed client accused of murdering a federal judge, she doesn't just step into a high-profile case-she walks straight into a shadow she thought she'd left behind. Because buried beneath headlines and legal strategy... is Amani Vega. The enigmatic, dangerously magnetic woman from Aaliyah's past. What begins as whispers in the hallway turns into long stares across crowded rooms. Unspoken apologies. Hidden bruises. And heat-undeniable, all-consuming heat. But as Aaliyah's connection to Amani resurfaces, so does a twisted trail linking Amani to the very man Aaliyah is defending. A trail that smells of blood, betrayal, and buried motives. The deeper Aaliyah digs, the more the case begins to feel like a trap-one that could destroy her career, or worse, unravel the last piece of herself she swore to keep buried. Because some killers hide behind masks. Others kiss you slowly in the dark.

Shadows. Dark, perceptibly scary. They move, they trace, and they glide, they're out the way, but in the mix. A shadow, I am-a shadow of a man; a junior, a second hand, the constant tells of don't fail. Don't feel, they cannot see you weak. We are Mafia, we rule, we conquer, when molded and forged like medieval gold, 'unbreakable' 'impenetrable'. This is a story of tells, and fate. *I am River. I always wondered why the name? Why something so 'meaningless?', something so 'indifferent?' I learned my name is anything but meaningless. I trace valleys, I feed the trees and connect the seven seas. With a force that breaks dams, a force that starts wars, a force that puts out fires. And a force that starts them. Because of that name I am boundless. An indistinguishable River. An oasis of drive and determination. A Conquer of fate. River Armani Jones. THE MAFIA'S UNTOLD TRUTH. Abundant emptiness. Shallow, reckless, arrogant, regretful. Time consuming. *Maddison Avà Montclair. The expected. The expectation. Mothers house. Father's rules. ''Lone in loneliness. R I V E R. Her salvation. Her escape. Now gone in her wake, no longer hers, the fleeting memories in the wind, crinkled dandelion's leaves in the spring. Life is crude. "You are a prude. Suck it up." Weakness gets you nowhere. The one that always falls but never gets caught. Maddie. The soft girl turned hard. What happened, who happened? Why wasn't I saved? Why wasn't I loved? The Mafia, 'La Mafia Nera'. My life, my 'soul purpose'. His goal, My role. THE MAFIA'S UNTOLD TRUTH.