We ride with Luca in the trunk, who has been gagged by Marcello because he doesn't want blood on the seats and honestly I allow it, he tried to kill my wife and our baby. Alessio appears to be more eager to see my wife than I am, he arrives minutes before I do but at least he has the decency to wait outside for me. While Marcello pulls my brother-in-law from the car, I make sure Igor lets my wife know to come outside. Luca limps his way to the door. His nose is crusted with blood and his eye is swelling shut from how badly I beat him up. I might have gone a little overboard with him but he was asking for it. “Next time,” I mutter as we reach the steps, “Try not to insult my wife and you’ll keep yourself unbruised.” “Next time,” he grunts, trying to sound strong. “I’ll bring a gun.” “Everyone knows that you are a shit shot, Luca.” Alessio snickers, ringing the doorbell. “Hold on, let me take this..” Yana opens the door, her eyes widening when she sees Luca. The first thing I
True to Marcello's words, Alessio is at the warehouse with his men, I can tell he's inside from the screams that greet me at the door. What I'm not prepared for is the face I see when I enter, my wife's fucking brother. “Luca,” I call out, an eyebrow raised at him. He's not the one screaming, Alessio hasn't touched him yet, it's his men who are whimpering and getting tortured when he kneels on the floor. “Brother-in-law,” he smirks, rising to his feet. “Oh, what a surprise.” “It's you? You're the one who is conspiring against your sister?” He doesn't even bother to deny ithe goes straight to rumbling. “She's stealing my inheritance. She doesn't deserve it; she's just a woman.” I don't think before I punch him in the throat, sending him staggering a few steps back. It is not new for men to think of women as nothing but baby makers and arm candy but she's his sister for fucks sake, she's more than just a woman. Alessandra has endured a lot of hell guided by their father and he s
He nods, watching me. “Anyway, you're here because I need you to call a meeting with the circle within the next forty-eight hours. You’ll have to rotate the southern lieutenants. Two are weak. One is corrupt. Replace them quietly and send a message with the third.” I nod, this is still his job but whatever it takes to get him off my back right now. “And then, you find your shadow.” I frown, “My what?” “Your shoulder,” he repeats. “Every Capo dei Capi chooses a man who handles what can’t be spoken of to anyone, not even your right hand. It has to be someone who works outside the table. Someone the others don’t know exists.” This is the first time I'm hearing of this in detail, I deemed the situation a myth when I had first heard of it. “You also had one?” A small smile spreads on his lips and he nods. “Still do,” he says, and I start to think about who it could be. I've always assumed he handled business himself but it turns out he keeps a tight-lipped hunter around. “And
Enzo It's been a week since I've had a proper conversation with my wife, every time I go to the Romano residence she refuses to see me. I even tried leaving my jacket as an excuse to return later but everyone claims not to have seen it while Ma Constantia tells me that Alessandra is using it as a pillow. That means she misses me right? So why won't she come home or spare me a minute of her time? I don't know what to say but a glimpse of her is more than enough for me. I can't sleep without Sasha, it's like I forgot how to function without my wife around, my entire life revolves around her and nothing else seems worth doing at all. “Do you think if I call a meeting she is going to show?” I ask Alessio, ignoring his question about what to do with a certain problem between my dons. “I mean she is part of the younger dons now and they all answer to me while I'm still capo.” “Can you focus,” Alessio sighs, dropping some papers on the table. “Enzo, we need to get this done before lu
My uncle jumps at the threat, and I slip away while he and Enzo start going back and forth over the inheritance and him threatening them all. I sit in my room with Father's right-hand who is now mine? Outside the door. When I pull out my laptop, I connect it to the cameras in the study, but Enzo isn't there. I switch to three other cameras before finding him in the living room with guards. My sisters are in the room too and they're positioned where the hidden microphones are so I can hear them better than I can Enzo, Sergio and Igor.“I will be on high alert,” Sergio says. “They’ll have to get through us before they touch her, Capo.”“I would hope so,” Enzo says, nodding at both of them. “I will be back tomorrow before my flight.”Flight? Where the hell is he going, I hacked his computer and his schedule says nothing about any flights. When he turns to leave that's when I notice the commotion on the other side of the living room where my sisters have been whispering. “No, you ta
“You—” “I don't need this, I don't want this but if I did? I would be great at it. Better than some of you and your beards,” I roll my eyes. Father showed me the ins and outs of this world, Dedushka showed me how to build it while Father made sure I knew how to burn it with a single flame. “Sasha,” Luna warns me too late. There's a knock at the door, and I don't know how long it's been there but when the door opens, it reveals Yana. “What are you doing here?” Mother snaps. “Don't yell at Yana, she's my guest here.” I glare, she can bully me yes, that's fine but I don't want her doing the same to Yana too. “Tell me, what happened?” “Mr Valenti,” she swallows. “The Capo, not the Don. He is here to see you.” “Tell him I'm not home,” I smile. “He knows you're here, he insists that you see him or he won't leave.” “Tell him I'm unavailable,” I tell her, and she nods, leaving the room after nodding. “That is what you should be doing,” Uncle Vito says. “Running a household n