Silvio's POV

I had become weak, and I could feel it deeply within me. I allowed them to walk all over me as they pleased, gossiping behind my back and mistreating my family, threatening me, for years, and I let them walk away with it.

How many times must I let them go?

No matter how many chances I gave, they returned to torment me.

I forgave them and offered them a way out, but they refused. I was exhausted. I had warned Matteo to leave my territory, even though I knew a man like him would never back down or give up, always finding a way to retaliate against...