"Traitorous son?" Nicholas said calmly, his hands behind his back. "It's true that to you, I'm a traitorous son. But have you all forgotten something? The position of patriarch was supposed to be mine.

"However, my father died young, leaving behind my brother and me. We were entrusted to Roberto's care. But maddened with power, he allied himself with outsiders and took our power away. That was why my brother and I had to act out such a performance.

"He will stay behind and become Roberto's fa