Fractured Empires

DARIO

“Now wait a second...” I started.

But he lifted a hand, cutting me off. Stopping me mid-sentence. How dare he interrupt me?

But he continued on his tirade as if nothing had happened.

“A grandson I was promised… the granddaughter I was promised… does not exist,” he finished.

Then he leaned back and looked at me with quiet challenge.

“So I ask you, Dario Cassano,” he said, “why would I continu