Chapter 45 - Happily Ever After
Years later, the grand courtyard of the Rossi estate overflowed with the joyful sound of children running across the lush green lawns under the warm spring sun. The heavy iron gates stood wide open as a welcoming symbol to the community they had spent their lives uplifting and protecting.
Gabriel and Tessa stood together on the stone veranda, watching their family play while Don Salvatore relaxed nearby, smiling contently as he witnessed the peaceful, prosperous future of the Rossi name unfold before his eyes.
Gabriel slipped his arm around Tessa’s shoulders, pulling her close as she rested her head against his heart. They had walked through fire, defied the darkest elements of the underworld, and emerged victorious not through endless cruelty, but through courage, loyalty, and an unyielding spirit. Looking out over their thriving, secure empire, Tessa smiled, knowing that her days of struggling in the shadows were a distant lifetime behind her, and their happily ever after was finally complete.
