Bound by Blood

**Bound by Blood** is an anthology in the Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles. The anthology will include several short stories with Born in Blood characters and a Matteo and Gianna novella. The anthology contains stories for the following couples

* Luca and Aria
* Romero and Liliana
* Growl and Cara
* Mauro and Stella
* Matteo and Gianna

It was released on December 15, 2020.

## Synopsis

Born in Blood

Sworn in Blood...

...isn't only the motto the Famiglia lives by. Bleeding for love is something every couple in the book has experience. Through hardships their love morphs into something even more beautiful and resilient. A love each of them is willing to fight for.

## Summary

### Short Story #1 - Aria & Luca Gym Scene

This is the first short story in the anthology. It revolves around Aria and Luca in the gym practicing defense.

### Gianna & Matteo: Novella

The Novella takes place when Gianna and Matteo are in their early thirties. As they continue to live their wild lifestyle they regualry forget about the consequences. When Gianna finds herself pregnant they both are torn on what to do. Gianna is aginst being a mother, while Matteo likes the idea of being a father. When Gianna can not get past the idea of getting rid of the baby, Luca and Aria agree to adopt it and raise it as their own. Gianna and Matteo agree but Matteo is upset about not getting to raise his child.

As the pregnancy progresses, Matteo starts to get hostile against Luca about the thought that he will raise their child, after a physical fight between Luca and Matteo, Gianna and Matteo talk and Gianna confesses she wants to keep their baby. Matteo reveals he feels the same.

Not long after Gianna goes into labor and ends up having the baby in the car on the way to the hospital. Throughout this Matteo is frozen in shock, causing Luca and Aria to do the work to deliver the baby. When the baby is born the ambilocal cord is wrapped around the babies neck, Luca quickly works to cut it and unwrap it from around the babies neck. The baby is fine and it is revealed it is a baby girl. Later in the hospital as Matteo is still in shock they name her Isabella.

## Characters

* Aria Vitiello
* Luca Vitiello
* Gianna Vitiello
* Matteo Vitiello
* Romero Cancio
* Liliana Cancio
* Marcella Vitiello
* Amo Vitiello
* Mauro
* Alfredo
* Felicitas
* Stella
* One of Alfredo's Men
* Sara Cancio
* Francesco Allegri
* Isabella Vitiello
* Ryan "Growl" Trevisan
* Marianna
* Cara Trevisan
* Flavia Barese
* Flavio Cancio
* Valerio Vitiello
* Lily's Doula
* Talia Barese
* Bandit
* Coco
* Maximus Trevisan
* Primo Trevisan
* Daisy
* Buddy

### Mentioned

* Fabiano Scuderi
* Demetrio Vitiello
* Romero's Mother
* Romero's Sisters
* Salvatore Vitiello
* Luca's Grandfather
* Marcella Vitiello (Luca's Grandmother)
* Mauro and Stella's Siblings
* Mauro's Mother
* Dante Cavallaro
* Stella's Father
* Earl White
* Maddox White
* Mrs. O'Hara
* Romero's Mother
* Lily's Doula's Husband
* Brando Barese
* Benedetto Falcone

## Official Playlist

During the writing process, Cora Reilly was inspired by various pieces of music. She compiled her music into a playlist, or released the song titles via her official social media sites. They are listed below.

### Matteo & Gianna

* MEDUZA, Becky Hill, Goodboys – Lose Control
* Tom Gregory – Small Steps
* Taylor Swift – So It Goes...
* Lena – Sex In The Morning
* TASHAN, Niqo Nuevo – Spicy
* Rak-Su – Rotate (Clockwise)
* Griff – Mirror Talk (Gianna)
* Jonas Brothers – Sucker
* Jorja Smith – I Am
* Sia, Genius, Diplo, Labrinth – LSD
* Rihanna – Love On The Brain
* Kehlani – Gangsta
* Julia Michaels – Heaven
* Camilla Cabello – Never Be The Same
* Bebe Rexha – Last Hurrah
* P!NK – You Get My Love
* P!NK – Fuckin' Perfect
* Little Mix ft. Nicki Minaj – Woman Like Me
* Tove Lo – Talking Body (Matteo)
* Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho
* Juice WRLD ft. Halsey – Life's A Mess
* Kygo, Zak Abel – Freedom
* Marshmello & Demi Lovato – OK Not To Be OK
* Sia – Courage To Change

## Gallery

### Teasers

Amo's birth storyMauro and StellaCara and Growl
1. ↑ Matteo & Gianna novella's Playlist on Cora Reilly's Youtube Channel