Sal

Once, there was a boy named Max Lorenzo. Kind, innocent, and full of hope—until tragedy struck. At sixteen, he survived a car crash that killed both his parents, Amelia and Charles Lorenzo. Orphaned and alone, Max was passed from one foster home to another, each one colder than the last. Eventually, the broken boy ran away. He slipped into a small-town crime ring, hungry for belonging. Over the years, Max hardened. Pain became purpose. Emotion vanished. Mercy died. He forged a new identity: Salvatore Lionel—a name feared across continents. By 21, he ruled the world’s most powerful mafia. Yet beneath the violence and power, he was still alone. Craving something he never had since that night—family. Just one person to care for. He ordered his men to search for any living relatives. For years, they found nothing. Until one day, when Sal was 25, by chance, an underling spotted a familiar name in a local newspaper: Lorenzo. A woman had died, once the secret lover of Charles Lorenzo. The article revealed something else—a child. Salvatore’s half-. Orphaned, hidden away in a small-town American orphanage. Salvatore didn’t hesitate. He gathered his men, flew across the ocean, and descended on the town. He would take the kid—no matter who the kid was, no matter what it took. Good kid or troublemaker, it didn’t matter. They were blood. And Salvatore Lionel doesn’t beg. He claims what’s his. At any cost.