Chapter 14 - THE QUEEN'S RETURNTwo days later, the Five Families convened for an emergency summit at the Metropolitan Club. Dante Moretti sat at the head of the long oak table, surrounded by his capos, boasting about his impending takeover of Brooklyn.
"With Maria dead and Antonio severely injured, the Russo syndicate is leaderless!" Dante announced smugly. "I move that we liquidate their assets—"
The heavy double doors swept open with a thunderous crack.
I walked into the boardroom wearing a tailored black suit, high heels echoing against the marble floor, flanked by Antonio and thirty fully armed Russo soldiers. The atmosphere in the room plummeted.
"Liquidate whose assets, Dante?" I asked, my voice cold and smooth as ice.
Dante scoffed, leaning back in his chair. "Look who showed up! The little waitress playing dress-up. You have no standing here, girl."
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I walked directly to the head of the table, slammed Vito Russo’s original will onto the wood, and placed my hand flat beside it—showing the gold Russo signet ring on my finger.
"I am Sophie Russo, legitimate daughter of Vito Russo," I declared, looking every mob boss dead in the eye. "And under syndicate charter, I claim absolute leadership of the Russo family."
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