Phantom of the Mafia

"You couldn't have known." The words left his lips in a restless haze. Dark hair fell over his forehead, slicked with his sweat. His body slouched over, hands tied behind his back.

Both of our hands were fastened in chains, and we sat opposite of each other. It was a curse and a blessing all the same. The betrayal I felt in this moment overlapped any love I ever felt for him.

Disgust flitted across my features. I hated him.

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Zara Aslanov belongs to a mafia group, high in Russian life. This was not her choice, of course. Both her parents gave her the luxury of having been born into it, right next to her two brothers. She must determine where her heart truly lies. Does she love her life in the mafia, or does she want a simple, easy life as a commoner? This plagues her, as she truly has never been given the choice.

Her life crashes down upon learning of her families dark history, and to what it has bestowed upon her. She's never had a full happy family, but she never expected the secrets to be so thick and full. And of course, she meets the love's of her life just as she begins to form into her most authentic self.