Vito Corleone had been born blessed.
His surname belonged to one of the Ten Dons, and his father, through his exceptional abilities, had already inherited the most prestigious position that name carried. Soon, he would replace Vito's grandfather as one of the new Ten Dons.
His mother was the eldest daughter of the main line of another powerful Mafia family.
The union of those two powerful families had produced Vito, a child destined for an extraordinary future!
That was what he had always believed as a little boy. He thought that anything in the world could be his, as long as he wanted it.
Whether it was money, power, or love!
He was his parents' only child, the sole heir of the Corleone family's main line.
Until the year he turned seven.
Having finished his assignments early and wrapped up his morning academic lessons, William had forbidden anyone from following him and gone home ahead of schedule, hoping to surprise his father.
It was his father's birthday, and he had even made a scepter with his own hands as a gift.
But when he returned home, William unexpectedly discovered the side of his parents they had always hidden from him.
Apparently, the Corleone family's expansion had affected his maternal family's casino and arms businesses, and his mother was arguing hysterically with his father.
If that had been all?
Parents in plenty of families argued over domestic matters. That was nothing unusual.
But the problem was that both his parents' lovers were there too!
Then the ugly scene devolved into vicious insults and accusations... He saw his parents treating each other as mortal enemies, and even heard his own mother say that he was nothing but the product of a marriage alliance between their families.
Just like that, every hope young