Bloodline Rising: A Villain’s Daughter

Ariana Valentina Moretti a Daughter of Victor and Sophia.

She's sharp, rebellious, and effortlessly charming. Grew up with love but always sensed the tension of a darker history. Now 19, she’s entering a world she was never meant to rule… but was born to conquer.

Ariana stumbles upon her father’s old journals and files.maps photos, codes, alliances long buried. Despite being warned to stay away, she finds herself drawn to that world. When someone starts targeting people close to her, she realizes her legacy has made her a target too.

To protect the ones she loves, Ariana steps into the game but on her terms.

Love Twist:

She crosses paths with Luca De Rossi, the son of a rival mafia family. He’s dangerous, loyal to his family, and absolutely forbidden.

The Echo of His Name

The Gala That Changed Everything

A grand ballroom in Mafia City, draped in black velvet and gold lights. Classical music plays, glasses clink, and whispers carry under the surface. This is the annual Moretti Foundation gala an elite event hosted by none other than Victor and Sophia.

Ariana stands at the top of the marble staircase, dressed in a sleek, wine-red gown. Hair pinned. Eyes fierce. She’s playing the role her mother trained her for: poised, polite, untouchable.

Inner Monologue Ariana

Everyone sees a perfect daughter. But behind the smiles, the silence, and the spotlight I feel him. My father’s past. Watching. Whispering. Calling.

As she descends the staircase, eyes follow her. One pair intense and unfamiliar holds her gaze longer than the rest.

Enter: Luca De Rossi, dark-haired, sharp-jawed, and dressed in black like a secret. He shouldn't be here. His family shouldn't be here. But he raises his glass to her anyway with a slight smirk that says, I know something you don’t.

Shadows in the Study

Later that night, Ariana slips away from the crowd. The mansion is too loud, too much. She finds herself in her father’s study—a room that was always locked until tonight. But the door is cracked open.

Inside, old documents lay scattered across the desk. Faded photographs. Maps marked with Xs. A leather journal, stamped with the Moretti crest.

Ariana flips it open.

Victor’s Voice flashback entry

If you’re reading this... then either I’m gone, or you’ve ignored everything I warned you about. Either way, you’re now part of something much darker than I ever wanted for you.

A creak behind her. she spins around. It’s Luca. Leaning against the doorframe like he owns the place.

Luca:

Curiosity runs in the family, huh?

Ariana:

What are you doing here?

Luca:

Following a ghost. And maybe.. watching a legacy awaken.

A Dangerous Spark

They talk. Not politely. Not like strangers. But like two people who both know they’re standing at the edge of a war neither of them started. And yet. neither wants to walk away.

Ariana:

People like you? You live in shadows. You destroy from behind smiles.

Luca: smiling faintly

So do you. You just haven’t admitted it yet.

He leaves before she can reply, but he drops something at her feet: a black chess piece.the Queen.

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