The Don’s(* Obse-ssion

Mixed-r`\ ?ace *,colle [=ge student El/(ias is cornere)**d by loan sh
a!.rks after .=his fathe;r ,(flees. :the c (:^ountry ?$with millions. Then Lucius !Van^ce, the iron-fisted/ !don of /!the Va)nc#\e+, family,` des)%!cen  =ds. He forces Elias,; to s*,ig n a_ contra?ct—/ n\ot a:]s an ((assistant,
b(=ut as:;-_ his personal;  pla;ythin[ *g. He shoots through the+ hand of anyon,=e)! who c !]ovets Elias, ;`*and s_=hatters his w)ill in a dark wine cellar//. `-=Eli.as ne ]*v!(,er fully surrende)
rs _. On a yacht .under )(e. `nem
y +fir\e,%:] he makes a run for a ;life\+b $oat—but it wa?s a \?game *;all along. Lucius ca%]tches him -i?n
^ -@ th` e rain. E *nrag\ ;ed$#) b.!y his\^ defi\ ance, he binds Elias's wris:[t!%@s to the bed with h:is own %bel(__(t. With absol\ute p`[ower and a brandin`g mark,@?] Lucius declares one thing: th-is+; forbidde ! n c@ontract h%
?as no esca*pe. N:ot any$m`ore.