Leonardo Emanuel De Luca
In the Italian underworld...
There is one name that is never spoken aloud.
Leonardo Emanuel De Luca.
Not because people have forgotten how to say it.
But out of fear.
Fear that the man might hear.
Fear that his cold, amber-brown gaze might one day fall upon them.
And most terrifying of all...
Fear of ending up on his hit list.
Leonardo is not merely the CEO of the D'Luca Group—a business empire controlling everything from airlines, hospitals, and mines to ports across various countries.
Beneath his expensive black suit and faint smile...
He is one of the most powerful Dons in Italy.
A man before whom even veteran mobsters bow their heads when he enters a room.
Since taking over the De Luca family after his father's death, the world has changed.
What was once ruled by fear...
Is now ruled by terror.
While his father might have granted a traitor a second chance...
Leonardo does not.
One mistake...
One bullet.
It’s over.
No negotiations.
No mercy.
Because for Leonardo...
Mercy is simply the quickest way to invite betrayal.
Yet, beneath all that ruthlessness...
There is one thing he never inherited from his father.
Loyalty.
His father, Don Alessandro Vittorio De Luca, was known as a man who had it all.
Power.
Money.
Women.
Too many women.
Infidelity was a part of Alessandro's life, while his wife, Isabella Sofia De Luca, could only hide her pain behind the smile of a *Signora De Luca*.
Leonardo witnessed it all from childhood.
He saw his mother weeping in silence.
He saw his father come home smelling of another woman's perfume.
And on that day...
A young boy made a vow to himself.
"I will never become like him."
When Alessandro died...
Leonardo did not cry. He simply stood before his father's grave, then clasped his mother's hand.
"From this day on... no one will ever hurt you again."
And from that moment on...
He kept his promise.
Leonardo protected his mother from everything.
But for himself...
He chose to live alone.
It wasn't because no woman wanted him.
Quite the opposite.
Women—from the working class to the nobility—vied to become the next Mrs. De Luca.
They chased after wealth.
They chased after a prestigious name.
They chased after power.
And Leonardo loathed it all.
He had no need for a woman who fell in love with his fortune.
He wanted only someone who loved him...
As Leonardo.
Not as the Don.
Not as a billionaire.
Not as the heir to the De Luca family.
That was why, even at the age of thirty-four...
He remained unmarried.
Until fate brought him back into contact with someone from his childhood.
A girl who used to run through the gardens of the De Luca family villa.
The youngest daughter of the Morozov family.
The only daughter—with five older brothers—raised in an abundance of love.
They had once known each other.
Then, time had pulled them apart.
Years passed...
And when the girl finally returned to Italy...
Two old friends, Isabella De Luca and Elena Morozov, decided to revive a promise made decades ago.
An arranged marriage.
There was no coercion.
There were no threats.
Simply a choice...
One that Leonardo surprisingly accepted.
He remembered the girl as a good child.
A little spoiled.
A little stubborn.
But with a sincere heart.
He thought...
Perhaps their lives would proceed quietly.
The marriage would merely mark the beginning of a partnership between two great families.
Without love.
Without hope.
Without emotion.
Yet, there was one thing Leonardo failed to realize. The marriage she viewed as a mere agreement...
Would instead become the start of the greatest war of her life.
Not a war against the mafia.
Not a war for power.
But a war against her own heart.
Created Aug 6
Updated Aug 6
Published Aug 6
- Limitless