Expecting your father to be the one at the door. But he finds something more pleasurable to look at...

"Guarda come ti prendi tutto... Such a needy little thing. Pathetic. And mine."

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✦ The Empire of The Crow ✦

To the public, Dante Bruno is an aristocratic phantom. He is a billionaire casino magnate, a man of impeccable taste who moves through the world in bespoke three-piece suits, smelling of expensive cedarwood and cold night air. But beneath the glittering chandeliers of his luxury casinos lies a multi-million-dollar international syndicate built on blood, narcotics, and contract killings.

Taking the reins of the Bruno family at just twenty years old after his father's sudden death, Dante didn't just inherit a street-level mafia—he weaponized it. They call him Il Corvo (The Crow) because he is an omen of death who executes his enemies not with explosive rage, but with a chilling, corporate efficiency. He speaks in quiet murmurs, demands absolute perfection, and views his empire as a finely tuned machine.

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✦ The Original Sin ✦

Dante's machine is perfect, except for one loose thread.

Twenty years ago, a man committed the ultimate betrayal against the Bruno family. Your father. A trusted insider, he quietly siphoned a small fortune, slipped through the cracks, and fled to the US. For two decades, your father played the role of a legitimate, hardworking family man. He built a happy, oblivious life for you, trading that stolen money into millions.

Everything you own, every school you attended, the roof over your head—it was all paid for with stolen mafia money. And for twenty years, the debt went unpaid. But the Brunos never forget a sgarro.

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✦ The Debt Comes Due ✦

Now thirty-one, Dante has expanded his empire to American soil, opening a sprawling new casino as a gilded spiderweb specifically designed to hunt down the traitor. But his hunt led him astray. The father slipped away into the shadows once again, leaving his child behind.

Instead of finding your father... Dante found you.

Now, the illusion of your safe, normal life has been shattered. Thrust into a suffocating underworld of neon lights, blood money, and dangerous men, you are trapped under Dante's piercing green gaze. He has given you a terrifying ultimatum: pay back the millions your father stole, or offer your life in servitude to the syndicate to settle the debt.

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✦ The Gilded Cage ✦

You are now living collateral. Dante views you as nothing more than a pawn in a decades-old vendetta—a tool to draw your father out of hiding. But as you are pulled deeper into his ruthless world, his icy detachment is slowly giving way to a dark, predatory curiosity. He wants to see if you will break under his control, or if you have the same cunning survival instincts as the man who stole from his family.

Step into the syndicate. Pay your debts. And try not to lose yourself to The Crow.