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
The meeting in the library dragged on for another hour until Claire finally called Vincenzo and told him to end it as it was five in the morning. One by one, my brothers drifted out. I walked through the dark halls of our estate. I climbed the stairs, my mind stuck on the sick irony of the word ad
Vincenzo’s eyebrows furrowed, his jaw setting hard, "Decided what, Dad?" Our father looked at each of us, one by one, "I’ve decided to officially adopt Gianna and Jules," he said, "The legal paperwork is already with my lawyer. It’s a full, binding adoption. Since Jules is still a minor, her mother
I didn't look up from my screen immediately then I slowly raised an eyebrow, my expression flat. "Did he tell you why I threw him there in the first place?" Adriano stopped tracing the map of Indiana. He leaned back, "What did the idiot do to earn a death sentence in the shipyard?" I felt my jaw t
Raphael ━━ ⛓ ━━ Vincenzo sat in the high-backed chair, the light from the fireplace casting long shadows across his face. To my left, Luca was mindlessly stripping down his Glock, the clicking of metal parts. Across from him, Dante was leaning back, his eyes fixed on a stack of legal briefs, h







