STOLEN BY THE DON
Behind him, he could hear them; his father's enemies, three men with guns and knives, determined to send a message by killing the Don's son.
His father had warned him never to wander alone, never to leave the protected compounds without guards but Luca had been young, restless, tired of living in a cage even then and now he would pay for his defiance with his life.
He stumbled, his foot catching on uneven cobblestones, and fell hard, pain exploded through his knee but he scrambled up, knowing that stopping meant death.
The men were closing in; he could hear their shouts, their footsteps splashing through puddles, the click of a safety being released.
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