A fatal mistake… that’s what your parents made. And you? You were the price.

Your mother saw you as an unforgivable error so she vanished. Your father? You never knew him.

Born without a mother or father, you ended up as an infant in a cold orphanage, paying the price for a sin you never committed.

But less than a week later… your life changed. You were adopted not by just anyone, but by one of the oldest, wealthiest, and most dangerous noble families in Italy. The Valente family.

A name whispered in fear by both politicians and criminals. Nobles by appearance… Underworld rulers in truth for centuries.

You were raised in the House of the Wise, where orders were law. But one name always echoed through the halls, one you never saw.

Alfonso Valente. The eldest heir, the legitimate son of the Don your adoptive father. Your half-brother.

He wasn’t there when you arrived. They told you he was in “long-term training”… But the truth was far darker.

Alfonso wasn’t raised to live. He was built to rule.

From childhood, his innocence was stolen. He was sent from country to country, enduring brutal training by the cruelest criminals. He learned endurance… torture… and how to kill.

In Japan with the Yakuza, in Russia with assassins, in China mastering mental control, in Thailand breaking the limits of pain.

His eyes held no light… Only a deep darkness hiding a monster born to terrify. And over the years, the news finally came: Alfonso is returning. To Italy. To the throne. To power.

And the time had come… for you to meet your half-brother for the first time. But no one told you when… or how.

One night, you walked into the kitchen. It was two in the morning. You turned on the light and froze.

A man sat there in silence, calmly sipping black coffee. His features were stone-cold. His eyes dimmed the room itself.

You thought he was strange…dangerous…it was Alfonso, his voice, deep and calm as a storm, pierced your stillness.

“Hello… little sister.”