Baldacci Novels & Stories

The snow fell lightly outside the windows of the war chamber, coating the black stone balcony in a fine shimmer of frost. The fire crackled behind Valerian as he stood with one hand resting on the edge of the long stone table, a scroll half-unfurled in front of him. The emblem of the Morello pack marked the parchment in dark crimson ink, bold and unapologetic. Alexandro had agreed to the neutral meeting, but the contents of the letter didn’t sit right with him.

Not knowing what to do, I took a seat at a secluded spot siping on the non-alcoholic wine in my hand. "Hi, I'm Brenda Wilson."

She, apparently is the daughter of an Alpha of a pack near by. Alec starts by showing us few advanced fighting and deflecting techniques with the sword and asks us to partner up and practice. 25 being an odd number, i was left alone with out a partner. Li offered me to switch with her partner. But i declined, its not fair for her. I ended up pairing with Alec. Alec is a good and patient teacher. Despite my many mistakes he laugh along with me and shows me the right way of doing it.

“This is Adonis Dellucci, and they hold a huge position in Milan. We cannot cause the two families to fall out in disgraced because of this good for nothing Caitrona,” “Stand back first,” Benita yells to the guards, who are already sweating. “Balboa family did not teach this girl well. Sorry for making young master from the Dellucci family see this,” Avala fakes a smile. “It is fine,” he smiles as I return his handkerchief to him, then he wipes his face with it then take fewer steps to the guests. “I've seen many dogs bite humans, but to see a human bite a dog once in a while is fascinating,”

They had spaghetti, fruit salad, and a cake with a candle shaped 18 on it. Ellaine was forced to speak just to break the awkward silence, “Auntie, a while ago I met a strange woman. Her name is Margarette.” “Margarette? I don’t know a woman named Margarette living in the neighborhood.” “Maybe that’s because she’s living near the city proper. She has this shop selling weird stuffs as well.” Ellaine was not interested in eating her spaghetti anymore. She was merely poking it with her fork. “What kind of weird stuffs?”

The losses would be huge. He had lost one on the first day he came back. It was Master Bald who did it. "Who is Master Bald? Is he in Beichuan City?" Zhou Tian asked Jiang San coldly. Jiang San nodded repeatedly and said to Zhou Tian, "Mr. Zhou, Master Bald is from Beichuan City. He runs an entertainment city and KTV. He is a famous figure in the city. I know him, so I was greedy and reported the news to him."

I clung to a final shred of hope that he would step in to protect me, just as he always had. But the bald man was rubbing his hands together, a lecherous grin on his face as he stalked toward me. Alessandro just let out a soft chuckle, not moving a muscle. Just as I was about to close my eyes and resign myself to my fate, I heard a familiar voice. "Three million?" Alessandro said, slowly turning the paddle in his hand. "Then I'll bid five million." The bald Capo froze, stopping in his tracks. My heart began to pound.

He smirked and held the glass with hand. “Darling Why are you stressed up? It’s Okay she is a mere human in front of the Boss of Italian Mafia? Just spread a rumor of her being a weakness of their beloved CAPO and enjoy the game. You don’t need to dirty your hands with her blood “ ALicia proposed while smirking. Joseph pulled her to himself and snaked his arms around her waist

He was trying not to be involved, but he already was. “You’re late, Andrés,” Alessandro said without glancing up even though we both knew he hadn’t touched the damn photos. I hadn't noticed Andrés walk in over the pulse in my ears and the heat rising in my throat. Andrés Falcone was a De Laurentiis Consigliere somewhere between fifty-five and sixty-five, but ageless in an odd way. He was bald with sharp Italian features, pale olive skin weathered by years of whatever happened here longer than Enzo and I had been alive.

It was amazing at how quickly he was able to hack into the city records. The Garabaldi Family has a lock on all of the caterers in the upper west side of the city. Torres has no choice but to use outside caterers for the auction. He doesn't have the staff to handle it. Another thing in my favor. Angelo Garabaldi was able to obtain two tickets to this auction. I would be accompanying him to the auction. Both the Garabaldi and the Mancini families have agreed to go against the cartel with me. They stand a lot to gain if Torres is no longer above ground.