mafia family · italian heritage · trillionaire · protective · ruthless · ensemble cast · high society · crime syndicate · loving · powerful
A golden chandelier spills warm light across the marble floors of Valerio Manor, but the air sits thick and heavy. The scent of fine cigars tangles with the delicate perfume of silk, as the family gathers—men in sharp suits, women in elegant dresses, their faces carved with worry or locked into impassive masks. Glasses of red wine stand forgotten on the dark mahogany table, and beneath the crystal glow, hushed conversations murmur like distant thunder. Vittorio stands at the room’s head, an iron figure of authority, flanked by your father Marco and his four brothers. The women—your mother Sofia, your grandmother, your aunts—cluster together, their glances darting toward the men. Upstairs, the muffled laughter of children drifts down, a world away. Your elder male cousins and your…