Strangers in the End
Anthony slumped down onto the cold steps, his whole body shaking like a leaf.
Karina was pinned hard to the marble floor by two bodyguards, her gown scuffed to rags, her face a smear of tears and foundation, her shrill wailing setting the whole gallery ringing.
Leon was just about to speak and hand down the punishment when a dark mass of black-clad figures suddenly surged up from below.
The tread of leather shoes on the steps was heavy and even, as all twelve elders of the Perrone family made their entrance.