Mafia And Taken

MAFIA AND TAKEN ISA OLIVER Copyright Copyright © 2023 by Isa Oliver All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher or author, except as permitted by U.K. copyright law. This book features an Italian Mafia dark romance. Contents 1. DEDICATION 2. AUTHOR’S NOTE 3. CONTENT NOTE: SPOILERS 4. MAFIA FAMILES 5. FACEBOOK GROUP AND ARCs 6. CHAPTER 1 7. CHAPTER 2 8. CHAPTER 3 9. CHAPTER 4 10. CHAPTER 5 11. CHAPTER 6 12. CHAPTER 7 13. CHAPTER 8 14. CHAPTER 9 15. CHAPTER 10 16. CHAPTER 11 17. CHAPTER 12 18. CHAPTER 13 19. CHAPTER 14 20. CHAPTER 15 21. CHAPTER 16 22. CHAPTER 17 23. CHAPTER 18 24. CHAPTER 19 25. CHAPTER 20 26. CHAPTER 21 27. CHAPTER 22 28. CHAPTER 23 29. CHAPTER 24 30. CHAPTER 25 31. CHAPTER 26 32. CHAPTER 27 33. CHAPTER 28 34. CHAPTER 29 35. CHAPTER 30 36. CHAPTER 31 37. CHAPTER 32 38. CHAPTER 33 39. EPILOGUE 40. SNEAK PEEK DEDICATION For Biggo, Browny, and Blacky, for inspiring the scene with Mr. F on the plane. A huge thank you to Zui and Mihaela for all the beautiful picture edits you do and for the messages you send – you girls rock! Thank you also to the gorgeous Kathy T. for your support and for the lovely chats. And thanks to all the lovely Angels who support me via the Facebook group – you guys are truly awesome. And thanks, as always, to my beautiful and wonderful family xxx AUTHOR’S NOTE Dear Reader, please note that this book is categorized as a dark romance due to some subject matter. Please see the next page if you would like further details. Love Isa xxx Marchiano Mafia Series (all can be read as standalones): Mafia And Captive (A Dark Romance) Mafia And Angel (An Age Gap Arranged Marriage) Mafia And Taken (A Dark Romance) CONTENT NOTE: SPOILERS Topics include: d*bious c*nsent mafia violence and killing For a full content list, please see: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1req1CqhjJ2XMy_kbAWA9LvuX6vD_iC9GpZ50T1bEips/edit MAFIA FAMILES Marchiano Family: Fratellanza Mafia, Chicago Marco Marchiano (Capo) - m: Juliana Alessio Marchiano (Consigliere) - Marco’s brother Camillo Marchiano - Marco’s brother Danio Marchiano - Marco’s brother Debora Marchiano - Marco’s sister Lorenzo Marchiano - Marco’s cousin - m: Anni Russo Family: Fratellanza Mafia, Chicago Ovidio Russo (Captain) Caterina Russo - Ovidio’s daughter Nonna Russo - Ovidio’s mother Tocchini Family: Fratellanza Mafia, Chicago Alfonso Tocchini (Soldier) Antonio Tocchini - Alfonso’s son Carolinne Tocchini - Alfonso’s daughter Nonna Tocchini - Alfonso’s mother FACEBOOK GROUP AND ARCs Facebook Group: ‘Isa’s Angels & Mafia Books’ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1409806332760996 Would you like to receive a free ‘Advanced Reader Copy’ of Isa’s next release before anyone else? Please see here: https://isaoliverauthor.com/free-arcs/ CHAPTER 1 Santa Maria, Madre di Dio, prega per noi peccatori, adesso e nell’ora della nostra morte. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. — the words every Made Man recites upon a death. CATE “Caterina, it’s time you were married. You’re twenty-one years old now and people are starting to ask why you’re not even engaged,” said my father, in his usual commanding tone. He was the only person who called me ‘Caterina’. Everyone else in my life called me ‘Cate’. We were eating dinner at my father’s house—how I hated these weekly dinners. They were nothing like the family dinners we had when I’d been younger—when my mom and brother had still been alive. I clenched my fingers more tightly around my cutlery before answering my father. “Father, I don’t want to marry anyone yet, especially not a Made Man.” A Made Man was what we called a man initiated into the Mafia. My father, Ovidio Russo, was a Made Man—he was a Captain in the Fratellanza Mafia here in Chicago. As we spoke, his forehead creased in annoyance. “It’s not a matter of what you want, Caterina. You know that in our world you are expected to marry to further the strategic bonds of your family and, just as importantly, to provide heirs for the Fratellanza.” So, there we had it. I was expected to spread my legs to carry on the distinguished line of Made Men in the Fratellanza. “Father, you know how I feel about our world and what goes on in it—” “You’ve made your feelings quite clear, which is why I have allowed you to have a job and live in your own apartment since you turned eighteen.” My father’s irritation had made him interrupt me in a harsh tone. “Most families and fathers would not permit those freedoms to their daughters, especially to the daughter of a high-ranking Captain.” Although it was unusual that my father permitted me to live in my own apartment, his soldiers still kept watch over me and guarded me closely every day, even when I went to work each day as a teacher’s assistant in kindergarten. My father pierced me with his gaze. “Now it is time for you to do your duty.” Duty. I was sick of hearing that word. It was used as an excuse for everything in our world. For business, for crimes, for murders. Anything could be justified in the Mafia by declaring it to be a duty. “I have been approached by another Fratellanza Captain. He is looking for a bride and I think you would make a suitable match. After all, you are the daughter of a Captain and understand the responsibilities that come from being part of such a family.” I felt like shouting out that I wouldn’t do it, but my mom had brought me up to be polite at all times, no matter the situation. Even though she was gone now, I didn’t want to let her down. I answered as calmly as I could, “Father, I’m not ready to marry anyone just yet.” And when I did marry, I definitely wouldn’t be marrying someone from the Mafia world—I’d seen