Santino Bianchi

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**Santino Bianchi** (born 2005) is main character in the Sins of the Fathers and a minor character in the Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles and in the Mafia Standalone Fragile Longing. He is the son of Enzo Bianchi and an unnamed woman and is the brother of Frederica. He is also the husband of Anna Cavallaro.

He is the second Enforcer of the Outfit and he later became the bodyguard of Anna Cavallaro.

## Physical Description

Santino is tall, with dark hair and brown eyes.

Anna Cavallaro compares him to a caged beast- wild, furious, untamed.

## Personality

Santino likes having affairs with older married women. He had affairs with Mrs. Alfera- a Captain's wife, as well as Dolora Clark- Clifford's mother.

## Born in Blood

### Bound by the Past

Santino first appears in Bound by the Past. He and the other enforcer, Arturo, are sent to capture Rocco Scuderi because of his fiasco: ordering his men to kill Fabiano Scuderi and the Falcone brothers. It is stated he is good at breaking bones, one after the other so the torture lasts as long as possible.

When Valentina Cavallaro asks Enzo Bianchi who are the most dangerous men in the Outfit, who are also suitable to guard Anna, Enzo concludes that this is his son Santino. The latter likes the thrill and the brutality of the Enforcer job according to his father's words.

## Fragile Longing

Santino accompanies Anna and Leonas Cavallaro to the family lake lodge, where they will spend their holiday with their cousins and friends. It's hinted that Anna and Santino share a secret and the girl often teases him.

Anna makes him get her and her cousin, Sofia Mione, to Danilo Mancini’s birthday party.

## Sins of the Fathers

### By Virtue I Fall

Santino reluctantly agrees to become Anna Cavallaro’s bodyguard because he can’t refuse his Capo, Dante Cavallaro. He doesn’t feel content with the monotonous job that lacks brutality and torture. Santino is annoyed with Anna’s behavior on a regular basis and the girl starts flirting openly with him in her late teens.

At a Christmas party, Anna catches Santino banging Mrs. Alfera, a Captain’s wife. She uses this information to persuade her bodyguard to take her and her cousin, Sofia, to Danilo’s birthday.

Santino sees Anna kissing Clifford Clark at a party for their high school graduation. That raises a strange feeling of possessiveness in him. He wants to protect her virtue to destroy it himself. He threatens Clifford and beats up one of his bodyguards. When Dante asks him about the accident, Santino justifies his outburst with his oath to the Capo. After that, he rushes into Anna’s bedroom. He just wants to warn her to stay away from him and to stop with her games. However, Santino easily loses control of his emotions around Anna and feels quite tempted by her, even though he doesn’t want to admit it. They finally share an overwhelming kiss after Anna provokes him with the words that he is angry because he is not the first who kisses her.

Anna blackmails Santino into agreeing to go to Paris with her, threatening to tell her father about his affair with Mrs. Alfera and their recent kiss. On Clifford’s birthday, Santino has his way with Dolora Clark. As revenge, Anna decides to flirt with Maurice- a French guy who she meets at the party. That enrages Santino. Back at the guardhouse, he talks with his father who wants to discourage him from going to Paris. Enzo becomes more worried after he sees a pair of Anna's panties in his son's pocket. Santino climbs to her window to collect his phone from the girl who has exchanged it with her underwear. That leads to another passionate conversation between them.

After Anna and Santino settle down in Paris, the former goes to great lengths to grab Santino’s full attention only for herself. The bodyguard struggles against his feelings at first but he also longs for her. One night when Anna lies to Santino that she’s already had her way with Maurice, he becomes overjealous and they finally enter into a sexual relationship.

In three years’ time, Anna’s college course is over. The couple promises to break up when they are back in Chicago. Anna and Santino realize quickly, however, that they can’t stop their mutual desire and they continue to see each other in secret. A lot of people have come to the knowledge of their forbidden romance: Clifford, Leonas, Sofia, Enzo, and Frederica. Valentina also has her suspicions.

Three weeks before Anna’s wedding, she has a date with Clifford. They are suddenly attacked by enemies of the Clarks. Santino shields Anna with his body and gets shot several times in the back. Because of a sepsis, Santino is put in an artificial coma. When he wakes up, it’s Anna’s wedding day. He wants to go and stop the ceremony. Enzo tries to tell him Anna doesn’t deserve him as she hasn’t fought for him. Santino is surprised when she bursts into his room and tells him her wedding is canceled. Anna admits her love for Santino in front of his family.

Dante agrees to give the couple a chance. Santino tries to blackmail Mrs. Clark into persuading her husband not to seek revenge against the Cavallaros, with the photos that Anna has taken of them. When Dolora Clark doesn't succeed in it, Santino accompanies Dante and Leonas in a meeting with the Clarks. His affair with the senator's wife comes to the knowledge of her family.

Santino has a dinner date with Anna. After that when he returns her home, he proposes to Anna in front of her family. Eventually, Anna and Santino marry. Santino claims he wants to spend the rest of his life with his beloved.

## Appearances

* *Bound by the Past*
* *Fragile Longing*
* *By Virtue I Fall* (protagonist)

## Trivia

* The cover model and model inspiration for Santino is Chase Mattson.
* Santino's car is a black 1969 Camaro which he received as a gift from his father for his 18th birthday.
* His best friend is Arturo - another Enforcer of the Outfit.

## References

1. ↑ "What is Santino's role in the Outfit after his marriage to Anna? Cora: I see Santino taking over his job as enforcer, at least part time, again. He enjoyed the work but he'll also help with other matters in the Outfit as part of the Cavallaro clan." - Cora Reilly in an interview with Cora Reilly Brasil.