All Chapters of Deadly Game; Seducing the Ruthless Mafia Lord : Chapter 61 - Chapter 68

Cassius's POV"Cassius, it's been a while since you've come to see me." Leonardo said, his voice warm but laced with a gentle scolding, and I sank into the chair in the sitting room, letting my body relax into it even though my mind was anything but calm."I'm sorry, Uncle. I've just been busy with stuff." I said, rubbing the back of my neck. It wasn't really an excuse, more like a weak attempt to cover up how much I had been avoiding this place, avoiding him, because mom had convinced me to stop coming here."I guess it's understandable. You never forget me, sending stuff to me through Stone, but it suddenly stopped." He said, tilting his head slightly, studying me the way he always did whenever he sensed something was wrong."Yes, Stone betrayed me, so I had to get rid of him. It was actually a long story." I said, my jaw tightening at the mere mention of that name. Even now, months later, the betrayal still stung, still sat like a stone in my chest."I guess we have a lot to catch

Cassius's POV "Where do you plan on going first when you get to the city? Home, or how do you plan on finding your sister?" I asked, as we drove away from Leonardo's house, the headlights of the city slowly beginning to swallow the darkness of the coastal road behind us. I had failed in convincing him to come along, as he had insisted that he'd prefer staying there, where he'd be easily located by his children whenever they returned from abroad. "I don't know yet, but I think I'll go home first to see if my sister would be there. If I don't find her there, I'll probably look for another way out." She said, her fingers twisting nervously in her lap, and I simply nodded, unsure of what comfort I could offer her when I wasn't even certain of the answers myself. I really can't say much. I don't even want to ask her about Crystal, or mention that she might be related to her, because I don't want to get her hopes high over something that could still, despite everything, turn out to b

Cassius's POVI wrenched the wheel hard to the right, every muscle in my body screaming with the force of it, and the truck roared past us close enough that I felt the gust of displaced air slam against the side of the car, close enough that for one suspended, breathless second, I genuinely believed we hadn't made it.The car spun, tires shrieking against the asphalt, and we skidded sideways before finally jolting to a stop against a wall, the impact throwing both of us hard against our seatbelts, the crunch of metal folding in on itself echoing through the sudden, ringing silence that followed."Zylara!" I said, my voice sharp with panic as I turned to her, my hands already reaching to check she was still breathing, still whole, still there beside me."I'm okay." She said, her voice shaking violently, her hands trembling as she pressed them against her chest like she was trying to hold her own heart in place. "I'm okay, I'm okay." She repeated it like a chant, like saying it enough t

Cassius's POV"Bring him." I said, and two of my men moved forward immediately, seizing Tyler by both arms before he could think to resist."Cassius, wait—" Tyler started, his voice cracking as he was dragged forward, his feet stumbling slightly against the uneven pavement, his eyes darting frantically between me and the bodies scattered across the street behind him, as though some part of him still hadn't fully processed how thoroughly this night had gone wrong for him."Sit him down." I said, ignoring him entirely, and my men forced him down onto an overturned crate near the wrecked cars, his hands pulled behind his back and bound tightly with a length of cord one of them produced from somewhere. Tyler winced as the cord bit into his wrists, but he didn't fight it, some part of him clearly recognizing that fighting would accomplish nothing except making this worse.I lowered my gun, though I didn't holster it, letting it hang loosely at my side as I walked toward him slowly. "You h