‘So, you believe Liliana was aware of Katadesis?’ Tom asked. A shadow crossed Jorgen’s face. ‘I’m certain of it. Over two thousand years, traces will be left behind for those who know where to look.’

Liliana Pandini
Heiress to a vast fortune and daughter of the esteemed Pandini family, Liliana moves through the world not as a woman of privilege but as a force of will. Money is an illusion, a fleeting distraction for those too blind to see the truth. Real power is neither bought nor inherited—it is taken.

She does not shrink from the dark; she thrives in it. She bends people to her will, reading their desires, their weaknesses, and using them as levers to pull the world in the direction she chooses, understanding that fear and chaos, when properly harnessed, are forces that can topple empires or build them anew.

Her bond with Pandini is not love—it is something far more dangerous. They are two scorpions in a glass jar, drawn together by the thrill of power, feeding off each other’s ambition. She has taught him that fear is more than intimidation—it is belief that truly binds men. Under her hand, the Corvo Nero is born, not as a gang but as an institution, cloaked in legend, feared as much for its purpose as for its methods.

She sees the hunger in Pandini, the inevitability of his rise, and the certainty that, one day, he will cast her aside. But Liliana has never relied on another to secure her fate. The tides of power shift, and when they do, she will not be swept away.