"Enough."At Cassian’s word, Family soldiers yanked the wild dogs off Crystal, tossing them against the wall one by one.Crystal lay sprawled on the rug. Her face was completely deformed. Barely breathing. Just a faint rise and fall of her chest.I crushed my cigar into the ashtray and stood up."Call the cops?" I looked at Cassian with a sneer, but directed at the crowd. "You think this is some domestic dispute? Something a 911 call will fix?"Cassian bowed his head. "I never suggested that, Princess.""I know you didn't." I looked down at the blood-soaked group on the floor. "But I can see it in their heads."Nobody dared to breathe."On Volkov turf, we play by our rules." I said it word by word. "Omertà. The code of silence. What happened tonight... never happened."Soldiers stepped up, dragging the battered group to their feet and forcing them against the coffee table.Someone handed over a thick stack of contracts. Walls of English clauses and astronomical interest rates."Thumbpr
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