ien
felt entirely forei
never
egacy, had stared down a Capo and refused to bend. In the suffocating darkness of my room, her defiance was a
ould use her as a pawn, and the Gallos would slaughter them for the Brooklyn doc
sound tearing at my dr
ain pen and a sheet of parchment from the des
. It was a direct, undeniable order. If I died, Enzo was to immediately unlock my hidden Swiss accounts-two hundred thousand dollars the Don didn't know about-and mobilize my rem
heaving from the exertion, and pu
d," I told him, my voice d
ly folded it and placed it over his heart. "I w
the room no longer feeling like a grave. I was no l
ella
. I barely remembered the cab ride to St. Ignatius Academy. I burst through the wrou
en I s
the statue of the Virgin Mary. Luca's lip was split, blood trickling dow
e with a manic, humiliated rage. He shook Luca by the collar. "Tell t
atisfaction. The rumors of her infidelity had already reached the Five Families, and Leo
iva at Leo's polished shoes. "You ar
d jacket and pulled a switchblade, press
e manicured grass, but a shadow
. With a sickening crack, Enzo's heavy boot connected with Leo's wrist. The knife clatter
g my coat, but he refused to cry. I kissed his bloody forehead, a lethal, freezing calm washing over
rt to the thigh holster. The *stiletto* (dagger) slid f
reasonable," he stammered, his bravado vanishing the moment he faced actual
ourtyard. I stepped around Enzo, the tip of my blade pointed directly at Leo's chest. "This is
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