Cassio Moretti

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**Cassio Moretti** (born April 1987) is a main character in the Mafia Standalone, Sweet Temptation and a minor character in Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, Camorra Chronicles, and Sins of the Fathers. He is the only son of Mansueto Moretti and his wife, brother of Ilaria and Mia. He was first married to Gaia and had children Daniele and Simona, and married secondly to Giulia Rizzo and they have a son, Gabriel.

## Appearance and Character

Cassio starts out distrustful and cynical. Though he never wants to harm Giulia he treats her in a condescending manner due to her young age and optimistic outlook on life. Because of his last marriage, he was extremely distrustful and worried Giulia would cheat on him, going to extreme lengths to ensure she didn't.

He also has possessiveness like other made men but has reason to be distrustful. Later on, he grows to accept and love Giulia's eccentric interest and light-hearted attitude and in turn, he opens up and starts enjoying life more, though he remains cynical.

He is a brave and strong underboss but has the same brutal and sadistic side all made men do. He loves his sisters and hates his brother-in-law Emiliano for cheating.

His biggest fear was finding out Daniele and Simona weren't his but when he did he still loved them and made peace with his father so his father would have a peaceful death.

He loves his kids and wife greatly and even becomes fond of Loulou (eventually).

## Early Life

Not much is said about his life before the events of the books. In May 2018, He and Gaia had been married for 8 years, with their wedding being in approximately May 2010. She gave birth to "their" first child, Daniele, in December 2015 during the events of Bound by Love.

He says that he had been faithful for the entirety of their marriage, even when Gaia hardly tolerated his presence most days and only slept with him once or twice a month. He also admits that he never loved her, that he respected and cared for Gaia because she had given him the purest gift in the world: children.

## Born In Blood

### Bound By Love

#### *Approx October 2014*

All of the Underbosses, Captains, and Soldiers meet at the abandoned Yonkers power plant, which the press calls the Gateway to Hell. His father Mansueto and Cassio are both in attendance and after the events, they approach Luca. His father compliments Luca's wife, Aria, in a way that makes Luca tense, to which Cassio sends his father a warning and Luca an apologetic look. Mansueto proceeds to say that he knows it is not a good time, but that he needs to talk to Luca about his succession. Cassio's mouth tightens and he says that he is not going to die today, to which Mansueto responds with "but maybe tomorrow". Luca levels his gaze at Cassio and says that he will take over for his father. Cassio inclines his head and responds that if he gives his assent and that he is young, Luca points out that he is older than himself by four years and the Famiglia needs young blood, turning to Mansueto and saying no offense. He says no offense taken.

#### *August 10th, 2015*

Luca holds another meeting, much to his chagrin on his first wedding anniversary. Cassio is there representing his father while he is in the hospital. It is mentioned that there had been a major Bratva attack on a Famiglia drug depot a month prior in Philadelphia and Luca inquires how they are fairing. Luca says that Cassio handles things in Philadelphia with a brutal hand like he did in New York. He continues and thinks that it is time for him to take over for his father officially, but he wants to wait until his brother and Consigliere, Matteo Vitiello, returns from his search for his missing fiancee, Gianna Scuderi, before announcing the change.

#### *December 2015*

Cassio is in attendance at the Bardoni's Christmas party. Cassio greets both Luca and Aria and says that it is an honor meeting Aria again, to which she inquires about his wife Gaia, who had just given birth to Daniele. Aria excuses herself so that they can talk business, and Cassio tells Luca that his father's health is not improving and that he cannot take care of business anymore. Luca says that he will announce him as Underboss at the next meeting surprising Cassio. He shares with Luca that he thought that he might perhaps want to give the position to one of his cousins to appease his family. Luca says that his family will bow down to his command if they know what's good for them. Cassio is loyal, and he prefers to reward loyalty rather than favor someone because of their blood. Luca is then pulled away by Gianna, and that is the last mention of the Morettis in this book.

## Mafia Standalones

#### *December 27th, 2017*

Cassio comes home two days after Christmas to find two-year-old Daniele playing on a tablet. When he inquires where it came from, he says his Uncle Andrea bought it for him and that he and his mom, Gaia, are upstairs "playing". He tells Daniele to stay where he is and heads upstairs with his gun drawn.

Cassio stops in front of Gaia’s bedroom door, listening, and hears someone grunting and a woman calling out. He bursts through the door to see the heavily pregnant Gaia, straddling her half-brother and bodyguard Andrea. Both naked.

Gaia shrieks and tries to cover herself. A look passed between the two, and then Cassio knew that this had been going on for a long time, maybe even longer than their marriage.

Cassio closes the door behind him while Andrea pushes Gaia off him and lunges for the gun on the nightstand. Cassio pulls the trigger and shoots Andrea through his hand, tearing through his palm and blowing it apart, causing him to roar in agony.

Gaia screams, stumbles to her feet, and moves towards the gun. Cassio was by her side in an instant and dragged her into the bathroom and locked her in. He turns back to Andrea who is in a pain-induced daze, but he tries for the gun with his other hand, which Cassio shot through as well. Cassio got a sick satisfaction from his cries of agony. Andrea falls back with a choked cry, holding his ruined hands in front of him.

Gaia then yells from the bathroom, telling Cassio to not hurt Andrea or “I swear I’ll kill the child in my womb.” This causes Cassio to freeze, not able to believe what he heard. He grabbed tape and cuffs from the closet and opened the bathroom door. Once Gaia saw Cassio, she grabbed his cut-throat razor and pressed it to the underside of her belly, threatening to cut the unborn Simona out. The two argue and Cassio lunges at her, grabbing her wrist before she can hurt herself or the baby. He ties her feet and hands together, covers her mouth with tape, and locks her back in the bathroom.

Andrea stumbles to his feet but Cassio catches him before he can flee. He cuffed him to the heater and taped his mouth as well.

Cassio then changes his clothes and texts Faro for a doctor for Gaia and goes back to Daniele and puts him to bed.

Cassio soon returns to Gaia’s room and checks on her then goes to Andrea, unfastening his cuffs. He drags him downstairs, and when they reach the lobby Faro and the trustworthy Dr. Sal enter the home. He sends the doctor upstairs to Gaia, warning him to not let her out of his sight.

He and Faro then take Andrea to the basement, shove him down the stairs, and then tie him to a chair. He reveals to Faro that he may or may not be a rat, but is a man who has sex with his own sister. Faro’s eyes shoot wide open as he scans Andrea, and then tries to offer Cassio compassion, to which he quickly shoots down.

Cassio begins to interrogate Andrea and reveals that he and Gaia had been together since she was 15, and had been having sex since she was 16 with their parents being aware. When pressed further on how that was possible as she had bled on their wedding night, he says that there is a doctor for everything, insinuating that Gaia has a hymen repair surgery, also known as hymenoplasty, a procedure that repairs a torn hymen that allows for women to tear and bleed the first time they engage in intercourse after surgery. He then continues and says that if Cassio wants an heir, he is going to have to keep Gaia alive, because Daniele and Simona are not Cassio’s, but are Andrea’s.

In a rage, Cassio beats Andrea to death with his bare hands. Faro reminds him that they need info on the bikers, and tries to get him to stop, gripping Cassio’s shoulders, but he shoves him away with a roar, Faro colliding with the wall and crumpling to his feet.

When he is done, Faro asks if he is alright, helps him up, and tells Cassio that Andrea may have just said things to provoke him. He then asks what Cassio is going to do with Gaia. Cassio is unsure but asks Faro to call his father and ask him to come over.

He continues and says to not alert anyone else, that they will cover up the affair and mark Andrea a traitor. Faro points out that he can no longer trust Gaia, but Cassio just walks back upstairs.

Back in Gaia’s room, they find her sedated by Dr. Sal and he proceeds to tell them that Gaia had struggled, and that it was not ideal for the baby, but that he had no choice and that she may need to be restrained when she wakes as she was hysterical beforehand. When asked if the baby can just be delivered then, Dr. Sal says that theoretically she could be, but waiting two or three weeks would be beneficial for the baby. Cassio tells the doctor to stay with Gaia while he showers, changes, and checks on his son.

He hears his father's, Mansueto, voice from the corridor and goes to find him and Faro waiting for him. Cassio wishes that he could have kept this all from his father. Mansueto limps towards Cassio, looking pale and weak, greets him, and tells him that no one will blame him if he wants to make Gaia disappear after the baby is born, least of all him. Cassio responds that he doesn't want her to disappear and that he is not worried about his life, but the life of his children. Mansueto tells Cassio that he doesn't even know if they are his children, and that he should get a paternity test as soon as possible, continuing to say that if they are not, they can send Gaia and the children away to live with her family and then he can find a new wife who can give him legitimate children and an heir. Cassio says that they are his children, end of the story and that anyone who claims otherwise will pay the price. Mansueto implores Cassio to remember who he is talking to, and he says that he does not forget, that he respects him, but to not destroy their relationship by saying something that he cannot forgive. He agrees.

He then tells Faro to get rid of Andrea’s body.

#### *Approx January 17th, 2018*

Three weeks later Gaia has a C-Section to deliver baby Simona due to fear that she may hurt herself and the baby. Gaia was having to be watched every minute of the day with Elia, Sybil, and Mia taking turns keeping an eye on her, and Daniele could not visit her as Cassio feared what Gaia may tell him.

Gaia refused to let Cassio in the room while she labored, but when he got to hold Simona the day after her birth, he fell in love saying that blood meant very little.

#### *Ongoing*

Gaia did not get over Andrea’s death, even though Cassio hoped she would for the sake of her children. For a while she fooled him that she had, taking pills every day to calm herself, but was still not allowed to be alone with the children, with either the housekeeper and cook Sybil or Cassio's sister Mia always being around and taking over most of their care. Gaia and Cassio played their roles in public and avoided each other behind closed doors.

Cassio could see the hate in Gaia’s eyes when she looked at him, but he didn't need her forgiveness, he needed her to find it in herself to take care of their children. But Gaia focused most of her love on the last gift Andrea had given her: her dog, Loulou, giving her the love she should have given to her children.

#### *May 2018*

On the day of their 8th wedding anniversary, Cassio had made reservations for dinner at their favorite restaurant, for appearance's sake, but came home to find Sybil drugged on the couch. He rushes upstairs and finds bloody paw prints on the landing and rushes to Simona’s bedroom. He wrenched Simona up so fast that she came awake with an ear-splitting scream, but Cassio thought it was the most beautiful sound in the world. He goes looking for Daniele and finds him in the corridor, a few steps from Gaia’s room, covered with blood. He asks Daniele what happened, and he tells Cassio that mom was asleep. He tells him to go to Sybil so that she may clean him up.

Cassio puts Simona back in her crib and goes into Gaia’s room and finds her dead in her bed wearing her wedding dress and her hair curled the same way as on their wedding day. She had slit her wrists with one draped over her chest, soaking the fabric of her dress, and the other one hanging limply down the side of the bed, dripping blood onto the hardwood floor that Loulou was licking up while sitting in a puddle of blood. He put the dog out of the room, shut the door, called his father, and informed him of her suicide.

Cassio then notices her suicide note beside Gaia on the bed. He went to the bed, closed her eyes, and picked up her letter:

After reading the letter Faro and his father appeared, he told Cassio to not blame himself, that it was what Gaia wanted, adding that the marriage was not what either of them wanted, that they were both thrown into it, and that he is not any guiltier than she is. Cassio asks them to deal with the mess, and that he has something to deal with.

Twenty minutes later, he knocked at his in-laws’ house. When they opened the door, he pointed his gun at them. “Let’s talk about Andrea and Gaia.” The next day, their maid found them dead in their bedroom. They’d shot themselves, unable to bear the death of their son and daughter. That was the official statement.

## Camorra Chronicles

### Twisted Emotions

Cassio attends the wedding of Kiara Vitiello and Nino Falcone with his wife, Giulia.

## Appearances

* *Bound by Love*
* *Sweet Temptation* (protagonist)
* *Twisted Emotions*
* *Twisted Bonds* (mentioned only)
* *By Fate I Conquer*

## Trivia

* For Valentine's Day 2023 Cassio got Giulia a huge flower bouquet with sunflowers. They spent a few days at the beach with the kids. In the evening when they were asleep, Cassio and Giulia sat on the swing with wine and chat.