LOGIN"Vincenzo, no!" Gianna screamed, throwing herself forward. "Please! Don't do this to her!" She fought against my hold with everything she had. "Relax, Gianna," I said quietly, pulling her firmly against my chest as she struggled to break free. Under any other circumstances, I would have loosened
"Because she's street-level waste," Vincenzo said, his voice flat, almost bored. "And she made a street-level decision." Dante released Cole, who crumpled to the floor, then swung the laptop around so we could see the screen, "I've got Mercer's footage," he said. "It lines up with his version. Cole
He straightened as much as Dante's grip allowed, fixing his attention entirely on my brother. "I know what the Capone name means. You don't poke a sleeping tiger unless you're looking to get eaten alive. Everything I did tonight was to prove my loyalty." It was convincing and logically structured.
Denise collapsed into herself, a broken, animalistic wail tearing from her throat as her head hung so low her forehead nearly touched the blood pooling beneath her. "That is the truth, Gianna!" she cried. "I was just so tired. You don't know what it's like to have people threatening to kill you eve
Alfonso moved instantly. He lunged forward, grabbing Morgan and jerking her head back until her neck strained. He jammed the barrel of his pistol into her mouth. She let out a muffled, terrified sob, her hands shaking in the air as she choked around the gun. My eyes returned to Denise, locking ont
"But right now... my only job is to make sure nobody ever hurts you again." I couldn't help her while she was pulling against the ropes still wrapped around her ankles. "Stay still." She didn't, "Raphael, please—" "I said stay still." I crouched in front of her and pulled the knife from my belt
With a single yank, he tore her away from me. "No! Let me go!" Perla screamed, and thrashed against his grip, using her free hand to claw at his wrist, trying to break his hold, "Giovanni, stop it! You can't let him do this to her! He's breaking her hands! He's hurting her!" My father didn't care.
The blow was so hard my head violently snapped to the left. The iron taste of blood instantly filled my mouth as my lip split against my teeth. My ears buzzed with a loud, ringing sound, and for a second, my body went completely limp against the chair. "Hey!" A panicked scream tore through the roo
Then Raphael looked at me, like he was forcing himself to do it. As if every movement required actual effort, "Gianna." I closed my eyes, "What?" I didn't even have enough energy left to be angry anymore. He sighed, "I don't think you're understanding something." A bitter laugh escaped me, "Oh,
He smiled faintly before looking back toward Mom. "They got more of her than me," he said. "Thank God for that." A small smile touched his mouth before fading. "I was a different man back then. I loved Isabella, but we were terrible for each other. Too young. Too proud. Too angry," his eyes drift







