"Everything I have done in this life has not gone without consequences. I have done things I am not proud of and I have suffered unspeakable pain for them. My family is the only thing that keeps me going. From the hatred inside of me to the sacrifices I have made, love has always found a way to save me. My family is love to me. My world outside of my family is not. I am a man of few words, but right now an unlimited amount of words fill me as I go back in time. As I go back to the day I met my wife, the moment my father told me my future, the moment I accepted it. The moment when I became Roman Pierce, the most powerful gangster in New York." The year is 1995 and twenty three year old Roman Pierce is preparing for his ill father to die and for him to take over and reign as the head of the family. With so much pressure and threat coming from other crime families in New York, Roman can feel the walls closing in on him, but when he meets Vera, he finally feels free and hopeful for a different life separated from the one he was born into. We all know the story of their children, but no one truly knows the story of the winter Roman and Vera fell in love and made a choice that changed the course of their lives forever. Through a lifetime together, they discovered the true meaning of hate, sacrifice, and love.