He Let My Brother Die, So I Let His Kingdom Burn
READING AGE 16+
I am the Vitiello family’s chief surgeon. I am also Don Alessandro Vitiello’s secret wife. For five years, I kept his men alive and thought that had secured my place beside him. Then he brought Isabella Ricci home, called her a medical prodigy, and handed her my research, my seat, and the credit for both. Tonight, he puts a loaded gun against my head. My brother is open on the operating table, bleeding into my hands, while Isabella waits next door with a scratch on her wrist. Alessandro orders me to leave my brother and treat her. This time, I obey him.
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“Step away from the table, Elena.”
Both my hands were inside my brother’s abdomen. Over my surgical mask, I watched Alessandro aim a gun between my eyes.
I braced my wrists against the edge of the incision. One millimeter of movement could open the artery farther. I could not turn toward him, much less reach for the weapon.
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