chapter 1
CAMPANIA, MARANZANOS CASTLE★MIA'S ROOM*
The opening of the window made the early morning breeze blow gently into the beautiful room, and Mia looked out that moment, smiling as the breeze blew her dark waist-length hair about.
She tried controlling the flow with her fingers, but it was impossible as it's so soft, so she left it at the mercy of the breeze, smiling more as she looked down at the far ground.
Her room is in the highest place in the castle, maybe to stop her from thinking about going out of the castle at night.
The smile on her face slowly dissipated when reality got her, that she's actually gonna be in here forever.
Sergio never allows her to go out and take a peek at the streets of Campania, it's forbidden.
She has always been inside this bloodily dangerous castle since she grew up to know her name is Mia, she hasn't for once seen what the world beyond this castle looks like, and the hunger for that is always wrecking her. She didn't even go to school.
"Why did I smile earlier? Not like I'm happy to be stuck or something" She muttered with a scoff and shut the window loudly, turning back to her neatly arranged room.
She walked to her reading table and sat, then she picked a book titled "Face Masks" a book that contains basics about plastic surgery.
She opened it, and the smile returned to her face as she began reading happily.
She dreams to be a plastic surgeon if fate allows it in the future, so all she has in her room is books about it, no other interesting thing.
She suddenly dropped the book and checked the time on her phone. It's 8am on the dot.
"I should go take my bath" she stood, knowing the maid will soon be here to call her for breakfast, and lateness to the dinning hall will only make Sergio angry.
She entered the bathroom and came back shortly, wet with the bath water.
It took minutes for her to dress up, and she was brushing her hair when a knock sounded on the door.
She quickly looked back, happiness glinting on her face. "Romeo?"
She rushed to open the door, and it's indeed him.
Romeo Maranzano, one of Sergio's triplets, a total p**sy f**ker who goes crazy over the scent of females.
He's the only one who cares about Mia in the castle, though he's rarely around.
"Thought you wouldn't be coming again, it's been two weeks, and I'm sure if father didn't call a meeting with you and Rocco, you wouldn't have come to visit, it's unfair" Mia said accusingly, and he stroked her hair with a chuckle, dark tats looking so beautiful on his hands.
"It's not my fault, I just have a lot to handle out there"
"Sleeping around with ladies?" She rolled eyes, and he sighed, holding her shoulders after shutting the door.
"Guess what I brought" he said, smiling slowly like a devil.
The stud on his nose made him look dangerously dope, it was shinning as his nose flared. He's the most handsome among Sergio's triplets.
"I won't take any bribe" Mia muttered, and he let go of her.
He opened the door and picked a bag which he brought in.
"Here" he handed it to her, and she took it with a scowl.
She opened it slowly, and her eyes widened immediately she saw what's in, yogurt!
"It's yogurt!" She gushed, taking out one of the packs to drink from.
It spilled on her fingers as she drank impatiently, and she licked her fingers cutely.
"I knew yogurt would do the shit, you love it more than yourself don't you?" Romeo stroked her hair again, and she rolled eyes as she continued drinking.
"Don't even talk to me, betrayer"
Romeo laughed shortly, and the door opened roughly, revealing the always angry bird... Rocco.
Rocco Maranzano, the second triplet who's a replica of Sergio himself.
He's cruel, never smiles, and he's obsessed with taking over the organization when Sergio dies.
He's married though, and he hates Mia with passion. The fact that they belong to same parents angers him. To him, weak females like her are useless.
The third triplet is currently not in Italy, so it's only Romeo and Rocco who comes after Sergio right now, they're the underbosses, and even the flies in the castle could testify to it that the two don't get along.
"You could have f**king knocked, she's a female and entering her room suddenly like that is shitty dude!" Romeo shot.
"Time for the meeting with father, motherf**ker" Rocco replied with a glare and left.
"That d**k!" Romeo spat and faced Mia who was still drinking her yogurt.
"I'll be back after the shitty meeting" he told her, and she replied with a simple nod.
He left the room hurriedly and caught up with Rocco who's walking down the guarded corridor.
Several armed guards in suit stood in lines by the marbled walls, eyes on every angle. It's like that in every f**king part of the castle, heavily guarded.
"You won't quit being a d**k anytime soon, right stupido?" Romeo said, and Rocco faced him sharply.
By now, they're at the end of the corridor, standing by the rails that led down.
"You do know my biggest dream is to pull out your damn sharp tongue and feed it to the dogs, right?" Rocco muttered, his deep voice echoing in the corridor as his muscles bulged in his tattooed arms.
Romeo might be more handsome, but Rocco's build is huge, he's heavily packed with muscles that'd scare anyone off, anyone but not Romeo.
Romeo came closer as his expression became dark, hooking his eyes on Rocco's.
"Knock before entering Mia's room next time, that's all I have to say to you motherf**ker" he muttered and left Rocco standing, walking down the stairs.
Rocco's smirk returned to his face as he walked down the stairs too, and immediately they got there, the door to Sergio's palace opened, and the devil himself stepped out with a thick pipe of tobacco in his mouth which he's blowing heavy smokes from.
He's wearing a black Lardini suit with several undone buttons, same brand of shoes, then a black fedora hat, and his dark tattoos climbed all the way up his neck, almost reaching his face.
Devil incarnates are built, but the devil needs no builder, they're borne out of the hot blood, steamy sweat and burning tears of both the guilty and innocent, he's the full description, the boss of the organization, the king of this castle.
He stopped when he saw the two, and a wicked smile covered his face.
"Need to visit Luciano right now, i might lose a teeth if i keep enduring the pains" he said.
Luciano is the family doctor.
"You're gonna go for a teeth implant after summoning us for a meeting?" Rocco said, obviously angry.
"I'm taking a rain check on it, it'd be rescheduled for tommorow, we're talking about the land in Sicily, you'll get the mails" Sergio said and resumed smoking with an hand, tucking the other in his pocket as he walked out. Twenty two guards followed him immediately.
"He's always getting on my shitty nerves" Romeo muttered, leaving the palace furiously.
Rocco got his phone and dialled a line as he walked out too.