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
I could already feel my brain working, as I rolled my neck, “His companies?” “All of them.” “Family?” “Untouched,” Vincenzo answered immediately, “His wife and daughters stay clean. I’m not him.” That narrowed the field. I walked toward the monitors slowly, already pulling systems online. Corpor
Raphael ━━ ⛓ ━━ The second Vincenzo moved toward the panel, something inside me snapped tight. It was not anger. It wasn't even a thought. It was just instinct. Pure, sharp fucking instinct. One second he was walking toward the black glass with that cold look in his eyes, blood still drying ac
“Leone Caruso. Philadelphia Syndicate. Current underboss. Financial movement patterns. Known business fronts. Psychological indicators…” Gianna’s eyes flicked back up to mine. I walked farther into the room and grabbed the bottle of water off the desk. Mostly because it gave me something to do wit
She started walking toward the path without looking at me, and I followed her immediately, “Can we not do this right now?” She kept walking faster through the trees while I stayed right behind her. “Seriously,” I said, “What the fuck did I do this time?” “Nothing.” The closer we got to the light







