#Chapter 35: After The Fall

Aurora POV The death toll keeps rising as the hours pass following the massacre of what was once my wedding day. Guests from both sides were wiped away in a storm of bullets and blood that many speculate to be a declaration of war. The bodies haven’t even been properly mourned or buried yet and already the in-fighting has started. Leonardo’s consigliere and underboss—two men who’ve been clinging to their scraps of power like dogs for years—managed to survive amongst the wreckage. Meanwhile, the only person who might have held it all together and probably the one man strong enough to keep Dominic in check if things went sideways is dead now too. Leonardo’s capo. Shot twice in the chest before anyone could even figure out which way to run. In the chaos of that night, the balance of power didn’t just shift, it broke completely. For the time being, Leonardo’s old consigliere, Matteo, (coincidentally also Theo’s father, as I’ve come to be told) has declared himself acting bo