Aria's POV I stand in the room, smoothing the coat of my jacket for the millionth time. I'm not good at public speaking, but I want to do my best today. Teela walks in and touches my shoulder. "Are you ready for this? To step up and let the world see you? To let them know there is a new boss in town?" "Yes, I'm ready," I say with a determined look on my face. "I've waited years for this." "Then let's not have you wait any longer," she says, leading me to the doors and the waiting reporters outside. I stepped to the podium and cleared my throat, "Thank you all for coming. My brother Kenji has been found dead in a gang area. The members of the council of Mafia bosses he was on will be looking into what happened. I am the new head of our family. I am formally announcing it to the world.

