The Fall of a Promise

Name: The Fall of a Promise
Author: Paulina Pany

106 pages

There are consequences when you come back from the dead.

Nico Delucci
My father warned my brothers and me against arrogance. We could be brutal, we could be ruthless, but never too comfortable. That's when the enemy will strike. My family spent decades cleaning up our act and we forgot one of the most important pillars for survival: there is always someone worse lurking in the shadows, willing to go to great lengths to gain power.

My world tilted on its axis when the dead Triad Princess came waltzing into it – more accurately, with guns blazing. Our paths were never meant to cross, but they did. And I took what I wanted.

She just became mine. Now, an enemy wants to destroy us.

Anya Liu-Delucci
One day, I was a nobody, an outsider – an orphan. Hell, I was technically dead. Now, I’m the wife of the consigliere of La Cosa Nostra and dragon head of the Triad. My life changed in the blink of an eye when Papa revealed that I was the last and only heir to the U.S. Triad empire and it was my birthright to lead them. There wasn’t another choice unless you considered death an option.

So I fought to take what's rightfully mine. In the midst of it all, I even married the love of my life. I finally have everything. To hell with what anyone else thinks. We should’ve known better. We were naïve to think that we could alter the delicate balance of the black societies without any repercussions. Recklessness is a privilege—a luxury we do not have.

What is that saying? Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t