All Chapters of The Mafia's Silent Keeper: Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

Cassie:The car pulled up in front of an estate, and the driver opened the door without a word. I stepped out, adjusting the neckline of my dress and smoothing my palms down the front. My hands were sweating, but everything else about me looked calm.The estate was huge. White stone, tall columns, clean-cut hedges, it was like something out of a magazine. I wasn’t really surprised. Luca never did anything halfway. This was just the rehearsal, but it looked like the real thing. Armed men stood near the entrance, earplugs in, eyes sweeping everything. I didn’t recognize most of them. Probably extra security brought in for the wedding rehearsal.I walked toward the front doors, my heels clicking against the polished stone steps. A staff member guided me through the entrance and down a hallway that smelled like fresh flowers and expensive cologne. When I stepped into the main room, I stopped.Luca was already there, talking to one of the organizers. He wore a fitted black suit, no tie. Th

Luca:I reloaded the clip into my pistol, raised my arm, and took another shot. The bullet hit the target dead center.Muiccia stood beside me with her arms crossed, watching the paper target sway. “Your aim’s gotten better.”I lowered the gun. “It was always good.”She raised a brow. “Good doesn’t win a war.”I looked at her. “We’re not at war .”Muicca put her earmuffs back on and stepped up to the line. She fired three rounds in quick succession, each one loud and clean. Her posture never wavered. When she was done, she handed the pistol off to one of the guards and looked at me again.“We’re close to one,” she said. “The Castellanis are getting bold.”“They’ve always been bold. Now they’re just getting stupid.” I took a towel from the bench and wiped the sweat from my hands.She glanced at the guards behind us. “ Do you trust the men that were on the Southside dock?”“Of course not.” I folded the towel and set it down. “The fact that the D’Angelos flagged the fake IDs before we di