The Costallio Empire Marco Costallio-Il Fantasma-raised his eight sons to be weapons, locking away their hearts after his wife, Gracie, vanished with their infant daughter, Alesia, when she was just 6 months old. For fourteen years, the Costallio mansion has been a fortress of silence, ruthlessness, and absolute control. Now, Alesia, The Hidden Star, returns. She is innocent, kind, and completely unaware she belongs to the most feared mafia empire in Europe. Her eight brothers-each a master of violence and strategy-are forced to confront the one thing they swore off: weakness. Alesia is their vulnerability, their last chance at humanity, and the key to winning the brutal underworld war they never saw coming. Can her sweetness survive their darkness? In a world where family is the deadliest secret, Alesia's return will either shatter the Costallio Empire or forge it into an unstoppable force. Is that closer to the length and feel you were looking for?