NEMESIS

childish prick

“Shut the f**k up, Elias.” He hissed sharply, gritted his teeth when he found the slip of paper on his desk that his favorite uncle had given him. “That b***h really trying to bite me and dragging me down.”

Mason threatens her not to bother Giuliana one more time, also saying that destroying her many properties is a lowly and humiliating act even for him being the head of the Lorelai family.

“Lorelai is a respectable family, we are the strongest among the other three noble families and you think acting mindlessly like this will make them bow down to you?” he chuckled, belittling it countless times in an hour as if he hated it so much, “No, you are lowly — lower than anything else for doing such a disgraceful thing to someone who saved you from the brink of collapse.”

“But she is not doing her job perfectly!”

“Still, she was the one who saved our reputation and that is also your reputation as the current head of Lorelai.” At that time, when hundreds of Rogue Mafia men attacked his territory, he didn't have any preparations to deal with it — they declared war unannounced, coming out of a pit of the darkness within the territory of The North.

They managed to infiltrate the territory of The North, which is the strongest of the three families — it was a slap in the face for his failure to lead the Lorelai family and the entire mob in the area — if he added that he failed to defeat the Rogue Mafia, his reputation would truly be ruined. overnight.

“It's all thanks to Giuliana.” He repeated the umpteenth time, “without her, your head would be separated from your body and would be stepped on by the leader of the Rogue Mafia.”

But still, although his reputation wasn't damaged because of the Rogue Mafia, his reputation was damaged because Giuliana Alderidge, his nemesis, helped him eradicate them. It makes no difference.

Fuck her.

“Stop it.” He said brazenly, “my reputation has also been damaged because that f*****g consigliere helped me eradicate them.”

Mason sighed, probably feeling frustrated because his nephew was hard to tell. “Can you put that aside? Stop being childish and I think you're old enough to understand this — Giuliana was ordered by the four of us to help The North, and she's also helping the rest of the region.”

“But still!”

“For the umpteenth time, stop being childish — also stop replying to something that even Giuliana didn't do.” As someone who also came from the Lorelai family, he should have defended her, an outsider, but why now?

“You should—”

“You shouldn't make it hard for her, she has received and handled a lot of work that makes her tired — she is so precious to The Orphic, a rare beauty with brains. So you'd better not do anything stupid or I will let anyone else be the next head of the family.” he cut in quickly, making his hands itch even more to hit the glass table that separated the two of them after hearing compliment after compliment being hurled at the woman he hated. “Moreover, someone else wanted her and we should be more protective over her, no?”

“But who?” Elias just could just shut his mouth tightly and it pissed him. “I mean, she is beautiful but scary and sadistic — there is no one would want her, she is a monster.”

He also had no idea who wanted her so much.

Apart from that consigliere's beauty and intelligence, she is indeed a sadistic and terrible woman — rumor has it, she won't even spare those who do wrong to her or The Orphic, and many people say she doesn't have any weaknesses either.

Except the past and her background.

Everything about the past and background is still gray, even for the four councils of The Orphic. But of course, if you think about it logically, the Darcio family would not accept a woman of unknown origin and give her an elite position like a consigliere without knowing anything.

Darcio is not as powerful as Lorelai, but the intelligence they have is extraordinary and can be said to exceed his family. So there's no way he'd take it out of the blue, right?

Or maybe Giuliana's intelligence is beyond all of them?

Yes, it could be like that — as evidenced by her position as a Consigliere for many years, she always manages to carry out any task, even the most difficult ones. f**k, she even held that position from a young age.

Fuck yes, she has such an impressive status even from a young age.

Giuliana is amazing.

“Perhaps, that someone wanted to have her because they wanted to kill her?” Elias muttered under his breath, then took his cell phone from his trouser pocket. “And I think the one who wants them is the leader of the Rogue Mafia — they have a bitter grudge against her and I'm pretty sure they're going to behead her too, skin her alive and displaying her body on the highest wall as a form of warning to The Orphic.”

“She is not someone who can easily get killed.” He rebutted sharply, totally disliking the idea and f*****g hell, he wouldn't let anyone hurt her besides him — because it is only him who can hurt her. “Giuliana Alderidge is a f*****g consigliere of The Orphic.”

Elias was stunned, his lips parted as he looked at him. “Did he just compliment her?”

“Did I?”

His eyes darted innocently and Elias just nodded after that. What was next to see was his hardened expression — he didn't realize praising her like that and it felt really weird on his tongue.

But no, he hated her for that and it was impossible for him to praise her like that anymore. Truly, he would never give her another word of praise in the future, never — never.

“But yeah, she was our consigliere so she wouldn't get killed easily — if she was, our names would be tarnished.”

Yes, the Orphic names wouldn't be the same if she got killed easily.

“She won't get killed by another person, I will kill her myself.”

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The four councillors were sitting on their throne. In front of them sat the four families together with their confidants who circled the room and in the middle stood their consigliere in a proud manner — Giuliana Alderidge stood in a formal dress with a piece of paper in her hand, reading a report to all of them about the case she was handling in court.

She wins, as always.

This news was like a breath of fresh air to all of them in the room, because after all, fighting civilians who had no ties to the mafia was more difficult than fighting fellow mafias — the problems of fellow mafias would end in war if one party refused to stop. It is voluntary and, he had to admit, it was the easiest way.

After all, matters ending up in court are very troublesome and also a waste of energy — ah, also a waste of money. Even so, it seems all four councils are happy to have their consigliere waste their time like this.

Too bad.

“They lost.” Her voice was so intoxicating, so alluring, and he had no idea why that kind of monster like her had an alluring voice like that. “The civilians were ridden by Neo Cosa Nostra and I hope no one from every family will do the same in the future or maybe I won't be able to handle it — Neo Cosa Nostra won't be able to tolerate defeat, especially if they lose for the second time.”

Everyone in the room stays silent, they keep their mouths shut and stare at her like a predator staring at their prey — she is one of the few women who are there, in the midst of many men who can do anything to her.

Yet, she stood tall, full of courage and pride.

And he found that so hot.

“What?!” he groaned unconsciously, unable to believe what he just said in his head. “what did I just f*****g say in my head?”

“If they lose one more time — it's either, I'm the one who will be killed or all of us.” She said fearlessly, “so I think you must be careful from now.”

The faint chatter of many people could be heard, they exchanged thoughts with each other until then one of them said “Consigliere, what if we eradicate Neo Cosa Nostra so that they don't always interfere with all of our problems?”

“Yeah, it's exhausting to find them riding on people we all have problems with — it would be best if we exterminated them.”

Giuliana and Paolo, the second Consigliere, now looked at each other out of the corner of their eyes, then said “We can't rush things just because they bother us, they don't do them blatantly and we have to investigate them thoroughly so as not to cause new problems.”

“What kind of new problem?”

“An unexpected war caused by a misunderstanding” she smiled faintly, “Neo Cosa Nostra isn't something we can take lightly, and the last thing we want is for them to be joined hands with the Rogue Mafia — that would be a nightmare, wouldn't it?”

She got the point, but he thinks that The Orphic also needs some fun.

“Giuliana, I am offended — you are belittling us all and implying that we are no match for that stupid Neo Cosa Nostra and that narcissistic Rogue Mafia or both put together.” He hissed sharply, grinning secretly when he looked at many people from four families who looked angered by his words. “You're not their spy, are you?”

Yes, this is the bait he throws and if they are all stupid, then this bait will be taken quickly and without the slightest hesitation — also yes, this is also supported by Giuliana, who has a past and gray background.

“Ah, it makes sense — Giuliana Alderidge, your identity is gray.” Said Alani Cameron from The East angrily, “You became the elite of The Orphic so easily somehow, did you seduce Logan Darcio to put you in this position?”

Many people from other families also chimed in, calling her an obscure woman, a seducer and even a prostitute — almost everyone had a hand, except for the Darcios. Leonardo Darcio, as the head of the Darcio family, who is also Giuliana's closest person, looks angry even though his face does not show any expression.

Logan Darcio also looked displeased, just like his uncle — Mason, who was now looking at him fiercely and hatefully, but he didn't care as he was quite amused by this.

But as he expected, Giuliana Alderidge is not someone who is weak — she still stands tall despite the many pressures she receives from various parties. As the elite of The Orphic, being questioned is something that makes a scratch on self—esteem.

Even if it was just a little, he really enjoyed it.

“What are you gonna do now, Giuliana?” he muttered under his breath and continued, “This is a lesson you learned from daring to ruin me.”

Yes, this is only a small part of all that he will give.

“Looks like you're trying too hard on this, Theodore.” Leonardo turned to him and said that with a haughty smile. “It seems that one of your family rejected Giuliana long ago without you knowing — I think he is a dissident too, Master Mason.”

His uncle, who heard his name being mentioned, was getting more and more displeased, as evidenced by his dark face with an increasingly gloomy expression. Lorelai is an honorable person and the dissidents seem to be unforgivable.

However, at least he hoped that his uncle could open his eyes wide and see everything clearly and also think using his logic, not his feelings.

“Giuliana's abilities are a blessing to us all, and I wouldn't dare to question her after the many contributions she has made to The Orphic”, Mason spoke firmly, “But if you do not agree with her position as Consigliere, even if you say so in front of the four of us — It won't change anything, because the most important thing is that the four of us know her identity and I think that's more than enough.”

Giuliana was someone who did a lot for The Orphic and all four councils seemed to favor her and trust her blindly, without knowing what she really was and he found it ridiculous.

“Just what is uncle trying to do by doing this?”

Since it was clear that everyone in this room didn't fully know about her, they only knew her name and nothing else — what did the snake woman do to get the four strongest people on her side?

Damnit.

“Just wait, Giuliana, this is just the beginning.”