𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻/𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲
Aphrodite Jupiter DeVonti. The head of the Russian Mafia, she stands alone during it all. From day one she only had herself, built from the ground there stands the leader of the most powerful Mafia in the world.
After being abandoned by her family at the age of six, she was set off into the streets. Aphrodite wished and prayed she'll be rescued from the depth of life, but the prayers were never answered. She soon gave up on the people she once trusted and stopped putting trust in anyone. There upon ten years, she's brutal and emotionless.
Silence, that's what she works with, not a single emotion nor sound has ever come out of her. On her toes, all of the time, looking for treason in the midsts of every individual. Everyone wishes to know who's the face of the infamous, in-allied, Mafia in the world. Well, they'd never predict it to be the exact person that they rejected, once upon a time.
Her protection, her safety before all. Right? Well yes, until the Italians got attacked year's ago and immediately had to call one of the members of theirs to help them with her get away. Bombs, ruckus, blood. Every day, every hour, every minute, something else was going on.
They acted on impulse and sent her away to a boarding school. Though Aphrodite never told anyone this, she has various scars from her fragile body being tormented for three months before being booted onto the streets.
Nobody knows her voice, nobody has yet to gain the once unbroken. She watched kids enjoy the time with their parents from the outside of the streets, she wanted that yet never got to experience it. It was jealousy that coursed through the veins of mistake. Though, treachery soothed into the skin.
The year's forward after the betrayal she was caught in a small police chase. Not knowing what would hold because of that, she follow the authorities back to the station.
After witnessing the death of her mother, Hanna Mamori has lived as quietly as she could. But when she gets tangled up with the mafia once more and she discovers that things are far more complicated than she thought, will Hanna be strong enough to face the ugly truth?
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For the past nine years, Hanna Mamori has lived alone, afraid of the dark. But things change when the Fortunello, led by Zachary Orleonne, becomes a part of her quiet life. In a territory where she cannot avoid getting tangled up with the mafia, Hanna is forced to face the part of her past where it all started-the day when her mother died. As she and her friends try to seek revenge, Hanna discovers that not everything is what it seemed. Secrets run deeper and masks are yet to be unveiled. Would a weak girl like her really be able to turn things around? Or would all of her sacrifices be thrown into waste?
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